Hi Nev & All,
I did promise in an earlier post in this thread to let you know how my wife's ocular-lens implant surgery went to correct severe myopia and some astigmatism. Well the upshot is -- very well.
She had the first one eye done in early March and that one went well with a couple of minor complications on the road to recovery. In that case (left eye) he used the traditional technique of cutting semi-circular slit around the cornea, inserting a lens and stitching (dissolving stiches) the cornea to hold it in. The next day when the check was carried out the eye-pressure was abnormally high and she had to take some drops and tablets to resolve that which worked quickly and well. Her vision was abnormally slow to improve though and because of that he wanted to see a few days later to see what was wrong.
So a few days after left was done we went back again. The pressure was fine but it seems she had unusually thin corneas. The three stiches inserted to hold the lens in place were causing a pucker across the cornea that while far from permanent was making improvement hard to see. We were told that when the dissolving stiches dissolved, the puckers would smooth out almost immediately and all would be well.
To that end, the operation on the right eye was put off for a couple of weeks to the end of March. The day before that one, we went back in to get the left eye evaluated again because it was still not improving as well as expected. Gerard took one look and said the stiches hadn't dissolved, and that he would remove two or three of them the next day when he did the right eye. He also said that for the right eye he would use a slightly different technique that involved no stiches and a folded lens that would be inserted into a much smaller incision and then fold-out once in place ... wow!
So, he did the right eye Tuesday 31st March with the new technique and removed two stiches from the left cornea. Only hours after the stiches were removed from the left eye, her vision in that one was virtually perfect -- as good as mine at least. With the different technique on the right eye, it has improved very rapidly with no pressure issues and she can see out of that one almost as well now -- five days after the operation as the left one is 4 weeks later.
She had her vision (both eyes) checked the day after the 2nd operation and the upshot is 20/20 both eyes. Final check is next Wednesday but she is much more than delighted with the final result. She can now read yellow on black car number-plates
easilyfrom 60m away but can still read pretty fine print at 50cm.
Best,
Les D