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Information
for Patients Undergoing YAG Laser Capsulotomy
This
procedure is necessary due to a membrane which has become
opacified or hazy on the back surface of the implant
that you had during your cataract surgery.
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In
order to clear the pathway for light to pass through
the eye a laser procedure is required that will create
a small opening or gap in this membrane. The
procedure is performed at Royal Inland Hospital and
is short and painless. No anesthesia is required, but
drops are inserted into the eye prior to the procedure
to open up the pupil and anesthetize the surface of
the cornea. A contact lens is then applied over the
eye and a few laser bursts are used to open the membrane.
After the procedure, which takes one to two minutes,
you will be free to return home. A follow-up visit with
either myself or your optometrist, may be scheduled
within a month to assess response to this treatment.
However, if you are a diabetic you will require this
assessment and regular follow-up visits. The complication
rate of this procedure is quite low, but occasionally
a retinal detachment may occur. The chances of this
happening are less than 1%. Other complications such
as long-term glaucoma (a rise in intraocular pressure)
are very rare.
Dr.
Peter Hopp, MD
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Interior Retina, Kamloops, B.C.,
Canada, Dr. Peter Hopp, argon laser treatments for diabetic retinopathy,
branch retinal vein occlusions, clinically significant macular edema,
central serous retinopathy, lattice degeneration, macular edema
and retinal tears, retinal detachments, vitreous hemorrhages, dropped
nucleuses, macular holes
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laser treatment of the retina,
laser treatment for glaucoma, laser treatment for diabetic eye disease,
laser treatment for certain types of macular degeneration,surgery
for cataracts, retinal detachment, macular hole, epiretinal membrane,
diabetic retinal disease,vitreous hemorrhages, chalazion excision,
entropion, other miscellaneous retinal and vitreous disorders
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Interior Retina, Kamloops, B.C.,
Canada, Dr. Peter Hopp, argon laser treatments for diabetic retinopathy,
branch retinal vein occlusions, clinically significant macular edema,
central serous retinopathy, lattice degeneration, macular edema
and retinal tears, retinal detachments, vitreous hemorrhages, dropped
nucleuses, macular holes
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Interior Retina provides treatment
and management of glaucoma, iritis, scleritis, vein/artery occlusions,
diabetic eye diseases, corneal abrasions, double vision, floaters,
optic neuritis, uveitis and after-cataracts.
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