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My father is 57 and he is planning to go for cataract surgery. What should he to avoid glaucoma post surgery. Can he do it for 2 eyes in year after a year? Please do guide us.
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Hello A. Glaucoma develops is a very few patients after cataract surgery and it develops if there is any predisposing factor before surgery or any complication during surgery.... Usually it does not happen B. Yes,he can go for both eye surgery in single year
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There is no chance of glaucoma after phaco-emulsification with foldable lens in uneventful cataract surgery, in post operative period Prednisolone eye drops is used which may cause temporary rise in intra ocular pressure in some people who are corticosteroid sensitive .
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