My mother in law and other patients I have known have gone to the doctor for long time follow-ups after cataract surgery. A capsule opacity was found. Up to here I understand what's going on. But in every case the patient is told to return for surgery at a later date. Now I could be missing something but as I understand this the problem is taken care of by putting the patient in front of a laser which greatly resembles a slit-lamp, aims the laser and pushes a button one or more times to zap the offending opacity and the patient goes home seeing. I don't even think any prep beyond dillation is needed.
Now my question is: Why isn't the patient just marched over to the exam room with the laser and zapped? Why schedule another visit? I understand that not all offices have the laser on site, but in large multi-physician practices why not do it now?
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