Study casts doubt on routine use of anesthesiologists in cataract surgery

Medical Xpress / University of California, San Francisco / JAMA Internal Medicine ^ | Oct. 3, 2022 | Dhivya Perumal et al

[JoJo354]

I had cataract surgery on both eyes last year. Easy-peasy. The first eye, I was sedated a little too much and was feeling sick on the way home. I told them about that the following week and they didn’t use the same drugs for that second eye and I walked out like I just had an eye check-up. Not sick at all. I think it all depends on who does the sedation.

[Does so]

I had one multifocal implantation.

Returning for an evaluation of the procedure, I couldn’t make out the letters that would have given me 20-20 vision. The technician said, “squint”.
:-/

Be sure you really need cataract surgery. I wanted to be free of rings that formed around a bright light. They’re worse now!

[FamiliarFace]

I was seeing 20/30 the day after my cataract surgery. I know I was blessed with a fantastically talented, very skilled ophthalmologist. I hope he doesn’t retire before my husband needs cataract removal.