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Medical Forum / General / Vision / January 2007Corneal Grafts
Hello everyone, My mum had a cateract operation in a netcare mobile operating theatre. It all went pear shaped and after three operations to fix the original op and fix a detached retina they've now said that the only thing to do is have a corneal transplant. She really isn't looking forward to it, but she already has a small cataract in her other eye and is hoping to fix ths eye before she loses the sight in the other. Can anyone tell me really what it's like, how long it takes before it feels better, what the real odds are of her seeing out of this eye again? At the moment she sees very little out of this eye before 10pm which is about when shes going to bed! I'd love to give her some positive feedback about this op so hopefully someone will let me know? Fi. its hard to give advise without knowing more details about your mom's eye problems. but all i can say is, generally speaking, a corneal transplant does not lead to a happy outcome. the best expected final visual acuity after a successful operation is subpar, usually at about 20/40 or so. and it sounds like your mother's eye has had a few more serious problems to add to the situation so i wouldn't be holding out any great expectations. certainly it would be better than her current situation or her doctors wouldn't have recommended it. sorry i can't be more positive. good luck. ============ > Hello everyone, > My mum had a cateract operation in a netcare mobile operating theatre. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > someone will let me know? > Fi. > Hello everyone, > My mum had a cateract operation in a netcare mobile operating theatre. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > someone will let me know? > Fi. There are just so many factors and variables and it's impossible to predict over a newsgroup how your mother will do after her corneal surgery. But I do fit quite a few post graft patients with rigid post graft contact lenses and many do quite well visually. Many see as well as 20/20 corrected vision. So your mom may do well- depends on a host of factors though. frank |
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