Your eye surgeon and supporting team will ensure you are feeling safe and comfortable as you are prepared for surgery. General anaesthetic is usually not used for cataract procedures, but light sedation can be offered to ease anxious nerves. A topical anaesthetic or nerve block will be applied around your eye and you will be asked to fixate on a specific target to keep your eye steady. Your doctor will create an incision in the cornea and use a purpose-specific instrument to break the cataract into smaller pieces, then to be suctioned out. A pre-prepared intraocular lens is then inserted into the eye and the corneal incision allowed to self-seal. In total, the treatment will take about 15-20 minutes.