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Cataract surgery is the replacement of a lens overlying the eye that can get cloudy and prevent you from seeing clearly. There are many reasons why you may not see clearly after having cataract surgery. The question that you must ask is, "Why don't I have good vision now after having cataract surgery?"

LASIK surgery is a procedure used to change your vision and eliminate the need for wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses. These procedures are often advertised as being the solution to people who have worn eyeglasses for their entire lives. The reality is that LASIK surgery does not eliminate the need for you to wear eyeglasses. You may still need them for reading or for driving at night.

Another type of injury that can occur is injury to the optic nerve. The optic nerve is the nerve that controls the blood flow and signals from your brain to your eye and back. If the optic nerve is interrupted or cut, then you can and will go blind. During facial surgery, or eye surgery, if the optic nerve becomes injured and this injury is not recognized immediately, you can have devastating and permanent blindness in that eye.

Keep in mind that many procedures performed by ophthalmologists are designed to improve your vision, and those procedures done in experienced, capable hands, have had remarkable success.

If you have had eye surgery and suffered significant complications following surgery, please call me to ask about your legal options. I can answer your legal questions. You can reach me at 516-487-8207, or by e-mail lawmed10@yahoo.com. I look forward to your call. 

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Blog for Eye Doctor Errors

• Man suffers blindness because of improperly performed surgery-Can't take case
• Cataract Surgery Nightmare; Woman Loses Vision in One Eye; $725,000 Settlement

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Library for Eye Doctor Errors:

• A man goes into an emergency room after suffering an eye injury and is told that he has a scratched cornea. Imagine his surprise two days later when the doctor tells him there is a hole in his eye.   
  “What do you mean there is a hole in my eye?”
  That's what the patient said to the eye doctor. "I was told I only had a scratch on my cornea."
  “You need surgery immediately. Go right to the hospital. I will call ahead and let them know you're coming.”
• Deposition Testimony of an Ophthalmologist in a Cataract Surgery Nightmare Case [PDF]   
  You'd think that having Cataract surgery is routine. However, when the physician improperly recommended that the patient have cataract surgery when she didn't need it, that's strike number one. When the physician performed surgery incorrectly, that's strike number two. When the physician did corrective surgery only two weeks after the first surgery and encountered significant difficulty exchanging the intra-ocular lens, that's strike number three.
  
  Read the actual testimony by this eye doctor and tell me what you think about his answers.
• Blind in One Eye [PDF]   
  Today's tip is about blindness. When is the first time you encountered somebody who is blind,
  especially blind in one eye? You may have questions when talking to that particular individual about how it was that they came to be blind in only one eye. And why is that significant? It's significant because people who have a disfigurement, or a disability, you have questions.

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Case Results for Eye Doctor Errors:

• Cataract Surgery Nightmare

Awarded: $725,000

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• Patient Had Brain Tumor; Drs. Didn't Tell Her: $1 Million

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