Cataract surgery

The only way to remove a cataract is with surgery. Your ophthalmologist will recommend removing a cataract when it keeps you from doing things you want or need to do.

During cataract surgery, your cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens. That lens is called an intraocular lens (IOL). Your ophthalmologist will talk with you about IOLs and how they work.

What to Expect with Cataract Surgery

Before surgery:

Your surgeon will measure your eye to determine the proper focusing power for your IOL. Also, you will be asked about any medicines you take. You might be asked not to take some of these medicines before surgery.

You may be prescribed eye drop medicines to start before surgery. These medicines help prevent infection and reduce swelling during and after surgery.

The day of surgery:

Your ophthalmologist may ask you not to eat any solid food at least 6 hours before your surgery.

Cataract removal surgery may be done in an outpatient surgery center or in a hospital. Here is what will happen:

With phacoemulsification

cataract surgery, an ultrasound

instrument breaks up the center

of the cloudy lens and suctions

it out.

• Your eye will be numbed with eye drops or with an injection around the eye. You may also be given a medicine to help you relax.
• You will be awake during surgery. You may see light and movement during the procedure, but you will not see what the doctor is doing to your eye.
• Your surgeon looks through a special microscope. She creates tiny incisions (cuts, created by blade or a laser) near the edge of your cornea. The surgeon uses these incisions to reach the lens in your eye. Using very small instruments, they will break up the lens with the cataract and remove it. Then they put your new lens into place.
• Usually your surgeon will not need to stitch the incisions closed. These “self sealing” incisions will close by themselves over time. A shield will be placed over your eye to protect it while you heal from surgery.
• You will rest in a recovery area for about 15 to 30 minutes. Then you will be ready to go home.

How Long Does It Take To Recover From Cataract Surgery?

Days or weeks after surgery:

Your ophthalmologist will talk with you about how active you can be soon after surgery. They will tell you when you can safely exercise, drive or do other activities again.

You may have to use eye drops after surgery. Be sure to follow your doctor’s directions for using these drops.

Avoid getting soap or water directly in the eye.

Do not rub or press on your eye. Your ophthalmologist may ask you to wear eyeglasses or a shield to protect your eye.

You will need to wear a protective eye shield when you sleep.

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Know your surgeon

• Dr. Vijay Parbatani is a well known eye specialist in Pune. He holds an MBBS, MS in Ophthalmology. His expertise as an Ophthalmic Surgeon includes a Cataract & Lasik Laser for the removal of glasses and/ contact lenses, Refractive laser surgery, and a Medical retina.
• Dr. Vijay Parbatani is a board-certified Ophthalmologist, a Member of the All India Ophthalmology Society, Pune Ophthalmological Society, and head of the departement at Manipal hospital kharadi. With almost 20 years of experience in the field of surgical ophthalmology and almost 30,000 cataract and refractive surgeries dr parbatani is an expert in managing complicated cataract surgeries and refractive surgeries with high power.