When do you decide to proceed with cataract or glaucoma surgery in patients with non-quiescent herpetic stromal keratitis?
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Ophthalmology · Johns Hopkins Hospital Ophthalmology
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Cataract surgery should wait until quiescent for at least 3 months. Glaucoma surgery, if emergent, may be unavoidable, but that has to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
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Ophthalmology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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I usually wait when they have been quiet for 3 months before proceeding with cataract surgery.
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Ophthalmology · University of New Mexico
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I try to do everything possible to "quiet" the eye before surgery. Sometimes, it is not possible, but that should be the goal.
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