Diseases such as diabetes can reduce postoperative visual results and increase risk of complications. Your surgeon should be able to, after taking an appropriate medical history and complete eye examination estimate your risk for the procedure. Patients must always decide with guidance from their surgeon whether the benefits of the surgery will outweigh the risk, though infrequent of the procedure. Most common complications of cataract surgery These complications can vary both in severity and have variable response to treatment. Both the above occur approximately in one in 5,000 to one in 10,000 cases and can lead to severe visual loss, blindness or loss of the eye.
Management is variable depending upon degree and response to treatment.
For example some bacteria are more virulent than others and response to antibiotic treatment is becoming less effective in certain types of micro-organisms. Other complications include but are limited to retinal detachment corneal clouding or decompensation chronic fluid accumulation in the retina persistent ocular inflammation incorrect lens power of intraocular lens astigmatism To reiterate, this page describes some of the more common complications that can occur but is certainly not all inclusive. For more detailed information speak with the surgeon prior to surgery. Some but not all the above complications are amenable to treatment.