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Cataract surgery with corneal dystrophy

I went to consult for cataract surgery and she diagnosed me with corneal dystrophy.  I went ahead and scheduled the surgery for next week, but after reading in this forum, I wonder if I should cancel.  I can see we’ll with my glasses and don’t want to come out worse,  Thank you
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Get a second opinion before you have surgery. In general neither cataract nor corneal surgery is done if the patient is satisfied with their vision with glasses.
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Thank you.  My concern is, however, I read that if you have both conditions, it’s better to get cataracts out sooner rather than later.
The most common cornea dystrophy is FUCHS endothelial corneal dystrophy. Is that your diagnosis?  There is a special surgery for this and many cataract surgeons can't do it, as it is done by corneal surgeons. Once again the corneal surgery would not be done if if your vision is okay.  Perhaps I misunderstand your post.  I thought the surgeon scheduled you for corneal surgery, not cataract surgery.  If you are scheduled for cataract surgery, I would still get a second opinion from a corneal surgeon.  If a cataract is getting 'hard' and there is a great deal of Fuchs dystrophy then generally would advise going ahead with the cataract surgery. However if cataract is small, soft and the person satsified with their vision would not do.  With modern cataract surgery all but the most severe cases of FUCHs survive cataract surgery. There is not rush to do this.  I would still suggest getting second opinion from Eye MD ophthalmologist that specializes in corneal diseases.
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