{"id":5890,"date":"2015-02-10T21:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T20:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/?page_id=5890"},"modified":"2018-12-16T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:06:04","slug":"secondary-cataract","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/en\/cataract\/secondary-cataract\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Cataract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why does it happen?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1111\" title=\"cataratta-secondaria\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/microchirurgiaoculare\/img\/opt\/cataratta-secondaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"176\" \/>Cataract surgery removes the opaque crystalline lens (cataract) and an artificial lens is implanted inside a sack, replacing the first one.<br \/>\nOver time, the sack containing the artificial lens can become opaque: this causes what is commonly known as secondary cataract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the secondary cataract to occur, 1 to 5 years <\/strong>have to pass from the removal of the first cataract. It usually occurs earlier in younger patients.<\/p>\n<h2>How to treat it<\/h2>\n<p>Secondary cataract can be treated with <strong>Yag Laser<\/strong>, that is an outpatient <a href=\"\/en\/laser-treatments\/retinopathy\/laser-treatment\/\">laser treatment<\/a>: there\u2019s no need for surgery. This process lasts few minutes and the patient starts seeing well just few hours after the Yag Laser treatment.<\/p>\n<p>It may happen to see <strong>like small flies moving around after the laser treatment, <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does it happen? Cataract surgery removes the opaque crystalline lens (cataract) and an artificial lens is implanted inside a sack, replacing the first one. Over time, the sack containing the artificial lens can become opaque: this causes what is commonly known as secondary cataract. 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