Results after Monofocal Cataract Surgery

[etrader]

Hi, 5 weeks ago I had a monofocal IOL inserted in my right eye, here is my current prescription.

SPH +0.75
CYL -1.00
AXIS 180
NEAR +2.25

Is this a good outcome?

My optician thought it was not too bad, I understand the reading is nonexistent.

I had a new lens in my specs made up to correct for the slight long sightness and astigmatism - what a difference, long distance is even crisper and the 3-15ft region which was poor is now much crisper.

So is there any chance that say laser surgery for example could reproduce what the specs lens adds to my vision or is laser eye surgery too coarse to give me my specs lens prescription without overcorrecting?

[timotea]

The best advice I was given when I had problems with my eyes was through this site. The advice was be patient and wait and do not have any surgical intervention unless it is absolutely necessary. Use glasses and contact lenses wherever possible. The internet is littered with people who just wish they could undo trying to reach perfection which ended in disaster when what they had before was livable with.

[etrader]

Thanks, what I am pondering is wether Laser can actually correct such a small change or will it overcompensate, also as laser can cause more problems is it smarter to be grateful for what I have and leave things alone.

Finally what sort of laser is safest/best?

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

This is a good result.  LASER can correct the residual refractive error. You should consider astigmatism correction and a mild monovision for your other eye (if non-dominant).

Dr. O.

[etrader]

I should add I was -6.5 in both eyes with cyl -1.50 and I now need the left eye doing, the result although not bad is also not perfect and I am reluctant to have the left eye done.