Cataract Management

Post-op Follow-up

• Frequency is based upon on the goal of optimizing the outcome of surgery and immediately recognizing and managing complications
  
  • First visit within 48 hours post-op is recommended for patients without high risk or signs and symptoms of possible complications after small incision cataract surgery and subsequent visits will be based on the goals mentioned above
  • 24 hours post-op first visit is recommended for patients with functionally monocular, intra-operative complications, high risk of immediate post-op complications and more frequent subsequent visits

• Patient should be instructed to seek immediate consult to the ophthalmologist if the following symptoms occur:
  
  • Significant reduction in vision
  • Progressive redness
  • Increasing pain
  • Periocular swelling

• Optical correction can be prescribed between weeks 1-4 post-op in small-incision cataract surgery and between weeks 6-12 post-op in sutured large-incision cataract extraction surgery
• To provide an accurate prescription for eyeglasses for the patient’s optimal visual function, a final refractive visit should be made
• To reduce astigmatism, sutures if used may be cut or removed by the ophthalmologist