Cataracts
What happens during cataract surgery?
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Andrew Luff, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, explains what will happen on the day of and during your cataract procedure. He explains how they will ensure the procedure isn’t painful and when you will be able to go home.
Andrew Luff, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, explains what will happen on the day of and during your cataract procedure. He explains how they will ensure the procedure isn’t painful and when you will be able to go home.
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Cataract surgery is the commonest procedure, surgical procedure carried out worldwide and probably has far and away the best results. So it really is very little for you to be concerned about. You’re going to come into hospital for half a day and apart from filling in a few forms, there’s relatively little for you to be concerned about. You will have drops, or a little pellet popped into the eye to dilate the pupil. These you can’t even feel. Surgery is carried out just with drops on the surface of the eye. This is known as topical anaesthesia. It involves making tiny incisions and effectively swapping your cloudy lens for a new plastic lens. We routinely offer you a little intravenous sedation so it takes a few minutes for you to recover completely from that, to have a cup of tea and a sandwich before you go home.
