Was Crystalens right for me? NO...

[Stugatz]

I had Crystalens implants done in Apr 2013. Now my vision is worse.  My surgeon said that Crystalens is right for me. Now I know it wasn’t or else he was a bad surgeon.  He told me that I may have to wear a weak pair of reading glasses at most.  I’ve had astigmatism of 2.0 in both eyes for the past 20 years but the surgeon did not say anything about it.  He just now realized that after my last follow-up in Dec 2013. He wrote me a prescription for glasses stronger than what I was wearing before the surgery.  Crystalens is not right for everyone.

[Doreen Fazio, M.D.]

You need a second opinion with another ophthalmologist.  There are many reasons why vision might be worse after cataract surgery, and the lens may or may not be the cause.  One problem with Crystalens is the tendency of the haptic to buckle, causing a Z-syndrome.  This would induce extra astigmatism.  If there is no Z-syndrome, but your natural astigmatism was not treated at the time of the cataract surgery (by placing the incision on the steep axis, or by limbal relaxing incisions), then that astigmatism must be corrected with glasses in order for you to see clearly.

[Stugatz]

Thank  you very much for your advice.  I have an appointment with another ophthalmologist