For obvious reasons it is very in order to know about cataract surgery complications before you have gone for a cataract removal surgery. If I am not wrong about this; every surgeon should take the effort of explaining the procedure, necessary preparations and possible cataract surgery complications.
A consent should them be signed in this case to show that you have understood everything including all of the cataract surgery complications.
Why know cataract surgery complications?
First hand information will always be great. You can trust it more and you will always get more confidence from it. This is why I would encourage you to find out more on cataract surgery complications by your self.
This is because it boosts your confidence in theatre and would likely lead to a successful surgery. More to it you may have the chance to interact with other patients who have gone through the surgery. They can be very helpful since they may have undergone through the cataract surgery complications or if not so they will give you helpful tips on hoe to avoid cataract surgery complications.
What are the possible cataract surgery complications?
In very rare cases will you get cataract surgery complications! You therefore have no reason to fear anything. If you have no other eye disease chances are that you will not have any cataract surgery complications, instead you may gain good vision than never before.
Anyway there is no perfect thing on the face of the earth. Nothing, not even the simplest surgeries, such as the removal of cataracts. This is the reason as to why we are discussing the possible and common cataract surgery complications below.
Cataract surgery complications can be placed in two categories
- Those that come immediately after the surgery:
They are also known as short term cataract surgery complications. They include:
- 1. Bleeding: Loss of blood in cataract surgery is not a common complication. This is because only a small incision is made at the cornea (outer layer of the eye) where blood supply is very low my micro capillaries. Other wise is bleeding presents as one of the cataract surgery complications it would be very easily stopped
- 2. Infection of the eye. A common complication with most complications where proper sterility may have been overlooked during or after the cataract surgery.
- 3. Edema of the cornea. This is basically the swelling of the clear outer covering of the eye.
- 4. Rapture or leaking of a clear fluid. These types of cataract surgery complications present if the vitreous humor starts leaking.
- 5. Detachment of the retina. This is one of the very rare cataract surgery complications but it has been reported in some patients where the retina detaches from the optic nerve.
- Complications that arise much later after the surgery
The the cataract surgery complications
These are the cataract surgery complications that are likely to arise in one week to six months after the surgery. They are also known as long term cataract surgery complications. They are:
- Glaucoma. Not one of the very common cataract surgery complications. It however arises if there was any inflammation or bleeding after the cataract surgery
- Retinal detachment.
- Poor glare. The patient may start having blurred vision.
- A dislocated intraocular lens. During the cataract surgery the lens is replaced with an artificial one. If dislocated as a complication.
- 5. A sagging upper eyelid
For no reason should you fear undergoing a cataract eye surgery. In any case the cataract surgery complications only occur to 5 out of a 100 people
