Question
First of all, the doctor attending to your eye will make an assessment on how severe the glaucoma is.
So let's say it is not severe at all, and eye pressure is very well controlled with one eye drop, then usually one can safely go ahead and do the cataract surgery. That's it, we just continue with treatment.
But let's say patients have severe glaucoma and have a very severe cataract, one can consider both surgeries in the same sitting. Of course, the assessment of the severity is important.
I think for me a good candidate would be someone who is motivated to do cataract surgery. I see a lot of patients in the course of my career who are very motivated to do cataract surgery because the cataract is affecting them, making life difficult for them. That makes my job pleasurable in a way as I'm granting them good vision and something that they want, so that is one good aspect. Other good candidates would consider the stabilisation of other ocular diseases.
No, once you have the lens removed and replaced, you won't get cataract again, it's impossible.
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