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There is no exact way to determine how long a patient must be out of their rigid contact lenses prior to cataract surgery, but one month for every decade of rigid contact lens wear is a commonly accepted standard. Rigid contact lenses push on the cornea of the eye and actually change the curvature of the cornea. This curvature is one of many factors that are used to determine the power of the implant lens that will placed inside your eye at the time of cataract surgery. If this measurement is corrupted by the effect of rigid contact lenses on the cornea, it could compromise the accuracy of the calculation of the power of the intraocular lens to be placed in your eye at the time of cataract surgery.
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