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Positive Dysphotopsia after Cataract Surgery

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Apr 21 10:04am | Replies (144)

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@beehive54

Hi,
I just found this group. I had cataract and glaucoma surgery 1/23 &1/30/2023. The doctor used Alcon Vivity round edged lens. I have positive PD in both eyes. It awful.
These lenses are suppose to correct astigmatism +450, well they don’t. I had going into surgery +300 right eye, + 225 L. After surgery both eyes are + 1.25 and positive Dysphotopsia. I never had any exceptions of not where glasses but I did have an expectation to see.
I didn’t notice the PD because I had Hyphemas (blood) from the glaucoma surgery so with the blood film over my eyes which took 3 weeks to clear I couldn’t see the PD.
I am 9/8 weeks out and miserable. I have brown eyes. The doctor told me it was a perfect surgery. I call BS. He gave me a prescription for glasses and said we’d revisit this in 2 weeks. The glasses are a bandaid.
It gets the doctor out of either replacing the lenses or and overlap.
I’m hoping to get a second opinion.
From what I have been reading PD could be rotation or a miscalculation of the biometrics or an in correct marking of the cornea preoperatively.
I’m going to take this to the max. This could very well hinder my night driving. I am young and deserve better.

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So that is interesting and I'm sorry you are going through so much grief. I wondered about that - the measurement of the eye for the new lens prior to surgery. A part of me wonders if that has happened to me (a miss calculation). I also have Sjogrens, and I wonder if that comes into play with all this, there was never any discussion on it prior to surgery.