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Worried Sick
by emilympeck, Jul 13, 2009 08:32AM
I am having to get both of my eyes down for posterior cataracts. I am wondering if there are any complications to the surgery? And i was wondering i haven't been able to find any information about long term affects. It doesn't seem like there have been a lot of long term studies done. Can you help put me at ease. Surgery on my eyes is just a scary thought.
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As to long term studies cataract surgery is one of the oldest surgeries in history.
Complications occur in about 3-5% of patients. The worst complication is loss of all vision from infection or hemorrhage. A reasonable risk rate would be about 1 in five to 10 thousand.
You need to talk to your surgeon in more detain.
ALL SURGERY HAS RISK OF COMPLICATIONS. NO SURGERY IS TOTALLY RISK FREE.
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