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Question: What layer of the lens is left behind with cataract surgery?
Answer: The outer capsule is left behind with cataract surgery. This creates a pocket in which to place the new implanted lens.
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I did have this surgery but the lens could not be replaced because there was no tissue left behind to attach it to….could you explain all this to me…we feel that the problem stemmed from a fall I had had 9 yrs ago and hurt my eye, breaking my glasses. My eye doctor thought I had not seriously injured my eye and the swelling would go down. My doctor now, thinks possibly the tissue being held by tiny strands had started breaking at that time and eventually the tissue was no longer suspended and therefore he could not replace my lens….I am to see a Specialist later this week….and my doctor now is hopeful he will be able to stitch the lens into place….I would just like to know more about all this before seeing him, so I would have an idea of what to expect. Thank you very much
Comment by Betty Souther — September 14, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
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When the Intraocular Lens can not be placed in the capsular membrane sac left behind it has a few other positions it may be placed in. The doctor might consider an anterior chamber lens that sits on top of the iris and beneath the cornea in the anterior chamber. This is what we personnally do in our ophthalmolic office, but it all depends on the situation. The capsul itself should have been there if the doctor removed the lens. What i believe happened was that the surgeon must have had a complication and either removed the cataract and grabbed the capsul before it floated to the bottom or he/she would have had to do a vitrectomy. It is nothing to be worried about there is a solution to this problem.
Caleb Smith
Comment by Caleb Smith — October 21, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
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