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Cataract surgery in Mutiple chemical sensitivity

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MandyPandy - 09 Sep 2006 22:29 GMT
Hi--

Does anyone know whether there are any lens implants for cataract
surgery that are very innert? I am 61 and am allergic to all sorts of
things including petroleuim products. I have been told that the usual
lens implant has petroleum products in it.
William Stacy - 09 Sep 2006 22:57 GMT
I don't think you have to worry, as the plastics are very stable and
hypoallergenic.  You might consider asking for a silicone IOL like I got
but I worry more about long term effects of my silicone lenses than I
would had I received acrylic ones...

w.stacy, o.d.

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MandyPandy - 10 Sep 2006 14:29 GMT
I am very allergic to plastics. Is there a glass lense to implant for
cataract surgery? If so , what is it called?

MandyPandy
Fidelis K - 11 Sep 2006 02:00 GMT
AFAIK, there's no glass lens implant.

>I am very allergic to plastics. Is there a glass lense to implant for
> cataract surgery? If so , what is it called?
>
> MandyPandy
Dan Abel - 11 Sep 2006 04:31 GMT
> I am very allergic to plastics. Is there a glass lense to implant for
> cataract surgery? If so , what is it called?

In the olden days, before my time, they used to make a big incision in
the eye to do cataract surgery.  Now they make a tiny incision, and
insert the lens rolled up in a little tube.  Obviously, you can't roll
up a glass lens.  Doing the big incision is much more risky and has a
much longer recovery time.  You may have difficulty finding a surgeon
with recent experience doing it this way.

I would advise working with your doctor to make sure you aren't allergic
to any lens to be used.

Note that I am a layperson who has had cataract surgery in both eyes,
but with little knowledge other than my own experience.

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William Stacy - 11 Sep 2006 04:56 GMT
> In the olden days, before my time, they used to make a big incision in
> the eye to do cataract surgery.  

When I was in optometry school, in 1965 or so (berkeley), I had the
opportunity to scrub for and observe a cataract surgery in San
Francisco.  I almost passed out when the surgeon did the retrobulbar
injection and made a big cut from about 3:00 to 9:00.  I hung in there,
however, and watched him shell the entire lens out, capsule and all, and
throw it into a large jar of human crystalline lenses, probably with
formaldeyhide. I'd say there were several thousand of them in there. I
have no idea what he did with that collection.

Boy have we come a long way, or what?

w.stacy, o.d.
 
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