eye disorders
Cataract
Postsurgical care and complications
) are used for up to 4 weeks post surgery. Antibiotics, as well as corticosteroids and NSAIDs, can also be injected into the eye (intracameral) at the conclusion of cataract surgery, with a reduced need for topical eyedrops postoperatively (a technique called "dropless cataract surgery"). Several large, controlled studies show that intracameral antibiotics decrease postoperative endophthalmitis ( Treatment references ). Two phase 3 studies also showed that intracameral Major complications of cataract surgery are rare ( Treatment references ). Complications include the following ( Intraoperative: Bleeding beneath the retina, causing the intraocular contents to extrude through the incision (choroidal hemorrhage—very rare and could result in irreversible blindness), vitreous prolapsing out of the incision (vitreous loss), fragments of the cataract dislocating into the vitreous, incisional burn, and detachment of corneal endothelium and its basement membrane (Descemet membrane) Within the first week: Endophthalmitis (infection within the eye—very rare and could result in irreversible blindness) and Within the first month: Cystoid macular edema Months later: Bullous Keratopathy (ie, swelling of the cornea due to damage to the corneal pump cells during cataract surgery), After surgery, vision returns to 20/40 (6/12) or better in 95% of eyes if there are no preexisting disorders such as Amblyopia , 