
After surgery your eye will be padded until your
post-operative visit to Dr Martin's rooms the
day following your procedure. The pad will be
removed and your eye and vision will be assessed.
You are to begin your eye drops as per instructed
by Dr Martin up until your next visit, usually
1-2 weeks. Your vision should improve following
surgery, but this depends on several factors.
Please ask Dr Martin of your expected visual outcome.
Some patients may still require glasses even after
the surgery, which are usually prescribed 4 weeks
post-operatively.
Cataract surgery results are usually excellent,
however complications can occur. Dr Martin routinely
discusses any risks with his patients at their
pre-operative consultation.
Quite often, several months or even years following
cataract surgery, the posterior capsule of the
lens (which is not removed during cataract surgery
and that originally held the natural lens, but
now holds the intraocular lens implant) can itself
become cloudy. A Nd-YAG
laser is used to make a hole in this capsule,
thus allowing light to pass freely again to the
retina.
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