Sage-Tips

Does previous LASIK surgery complicate cataract surgery?

No, that’s not true. Successful cataract surgery is possible for most people who have had laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK surgery) or other types of refractive surgery that reshape the cornea to correct vision.

Can you have cataract surgery if you have had laser eye surgery?

Can you have Cataract surgery after LASIK? The answer is quite simply: yes, you can. While LASIK treats the cornea, cataract surgery treats and replaces the lens within the eye.

Is there typically long term damage to eyes after LASIK surgery?

Risks. Complications that result in a loss of vision are very rare. But certain side effects of LASIK eye surgery, particularly dry eyes and temporary visual problems such as glare, are fairly common. These usually clear up after a few weeks or months, and very few people consider them to be a long-term problem.

Can you have IOL after LASIK?

Although post-LASIK patients can enjoy excellent results with multifocal IOLs, Dr. Raviv is also careful to give patients a preoperative dose of realism. “We don’t promise them complete, 100-percent glasses independence,” he says.

Which is the best lens to get after cataract surgery?

Toric lenses reduce your astigmatism to help improve the quality of your vision. Presbyopia-correcting lenses (also called multi-focal or extended depth-of-focus lenses) correct both near and far vision. For many people, this means depending less on distance glasses and reading glasses after cataract surgery.

How common are LASIK complications?

But LASIK complication rate statistics are extremely low. Less than one percent of LASIK patients experience these surgical complications. That’s one percent, as opposed to 30 percent that report transient side effects. In other words, LASIK complications are very rare events.

Can you have cataract surgery after PRK?

Yes, cataract surgery can be performed after LASIK. In fact, cataract surgery can be performed after any type of laser vision correction procedure, including LASIK, PRK, Epi-LASIK and LASEK.

Is presbyLASIK FDA approved?

For those of us in the United States, presbyLASIK has not yet been through the three-phase approval process for effectiveness and safety required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and can only be performed “off-label” or through approved clinical trials.