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| Cataract Surgery |
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| How long is the length of stay for Cataract
Surgery? |
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| Normally Cataract Surgery is a day case operation that does not
require spending the night in the hospital except for rare cases that requires
1 night stay in the hospital. Post operative follow up is done 1 week after the
surgery. |
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| How is Cataract performed? |
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In Phaco-emulsification, the surgeon makes a small incision where
the cornea meets the conjunctiva and inserts a needle-thin probe. Then the
surgeon uses the probe that transmits ultrasound waves, to break up the
cataract and suction out the fragments. The lens capsule remains in place to
provide support for the lens implant.
If phaco-emulsification can't break up the cataract, the surgeon may do an
extra capsular cataract extraction. This procedure requires a larger incision,
where the cornea and sclera meet. Through this incision the surgeon opens the
lens capsule, removes the nucleus in one piece and evacuates out the softer
lens cortex, leaving the capsule in place.
On the removal of the cataract by either phaco-emulsification or extra capsular
extraction, a clear artificial lens is implanted into the empty lens capsule.
This implant, known as an intraocular lens (IOL), made of plastic, acrylic or
silicone. It becomes a permanent part of your eye. Some IOLs are rigid plastic
and implanted through an incision that requires few stitches to close. Other
IOLs are flexible, allowing a smaller incision and no stitches. |
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| What is the post-operative care? |
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| Most patients return to their normal lifestyle almost immediately
following cataract surgery. If cataract surgery is required in both eyes, a 4
to 8-weeks recovery period from the first surgery should be elapsed without any
complication before the second operation is to be performed. |
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| What are the common risks complications? |
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Complications are very rare and treatable:
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Endophthalmitis (a severe infection inside the eye)requiring massive antibiotic
therapy.
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Suprachoroidal hemorrhage (bleeding in the eye)
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Bulbous keratopathy (swelling of the cornea)
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Retinal detachment
Minor complications may include:
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Secondary cataract
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Macular edema (swelling of the central retina)
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Retinal tear
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Off-center lens placement
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| Where is this procedure offered? |
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Egypt |
| Cairo | Cairo Fatimic hospital | Phaco/open | 1 Day | 7 Days | |
| Cairo | Cairo Fatimic hospital | Without Phaco | 1 Day | 7 Days | |
| Cairo | Dar El Oyoun Hospital | Phaco/open | 1 Day | 7 Days | |
| Cairo | Dar El Oyoun Hospital | Without Phaco | 1 Day | 7 Days | |
| Cairo | National Eye Hospital | Phaco/open | 1 Day | 7 Days | 1100 |
| Cairo | National Eye Hospital | Without Phaco | 1 Day | 7 Days | 950 |
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HS: Hospital Stay
LoS: Length Of Stay
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Procedure
Request:
Please fill the yourself OR with the help of your treating doctor and e-mail it to ; Place 'Cataract Request' into the subject of your e-mail.
For the medical terms and conditions
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