Post YAG Surgery

[JamDoughnuts]

I have had cataract surgery with toric lens insertion in both eyes (perfect vision), a year later I had YAG done for my right eye to remove the glare around sources of light. ie in a room you can see the a glow/glare around/from sources of light. After the YAG laser capsulotomy (4mm in size out of 6mm) and lens remains stable, That glare/glow from sources of light has been reduced but it is still fairly noticible (6 weeks after the Yag) and no matter how much time i given it will not help. What should I do? I could go back and say do it again but I have a feeling the doctor might say no because 4mm out of 6mm increasing it may dislocate my lens implant. (I am willing to take that chance).

Diagnosis is :Bilateral pseudophakia
                       right eye treated posterior capsule opacification.

So what should I do?
Is this the only way to fix it? (I know there are more invasive methods which remove the entire capsule, but if the capsule is the problem then redoing the YAG is still a viable solution)
is the capsule the only reason for this glow/glare around source of light? please list the other possible reasons.

[JamDoughnuts]

I have revisited my opathalmologist she said that the eye capsule did get completely removed and that there is nothing there, however I still have this glare from sources of light. I also had the YAG performed on my left too and also the glare remains, I'd like to know what I can do to fix this as my doc says there isn't anything she can do.

1.. I would like to know if you have had/or heard of any patients who have syptoms same as me and how it was treated/caused?

Please ask your colleagues too, as this has become extremely worrisome having to bare with glare everytime i look at sources of light.

[Doreen Fazio, M.D.]

Posterior capsule opacification (haze on the membrane behind the lens implant) is one of the most common reasons for your symptom.  Other causes could include uncorrected refractive error (need for prescription glasses), dry eyes, and other causes of ocular surface disease.  It is hard to say without an exam, but your symptoms may be relieved by enlarging the YAG capsulotomy.  It is very unlikely that this will cause your implant to dislocate, since it has been a year since surgery, especially if the implant was placed within the capsular bag (entirely within the membrane which surrounds the lens of the eye).