After lens replacement surgery, lens epithelial cells (LECs) can form. A film forms over the lens.
If there are signs of the cell, they can travel to the posterior capsule, where the lens sits and cause it to become cloudy. The cloudiness is called posterior capsular opacification (PCO)
If this happens, the problem is easily remedied by YAG laser which breaks up the cloudiness and clears the vision back to how it was after the initial cataract surgery.
It can reoccur but this this is extremely rare and YAG laser will need to be repeated.
I was aware of the film but didn’t realise that this was related to the Cells comment.
They didn’t mention any remedy in terms of the laser? In fact they explained that they would not touch that eye again for months. Could it be possible that these cells cause no issue?
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