Cataract Removal Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have cataract surgery, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Inflammation
• Infection
• Damage to the eye
• Decreased vision
• Increased eye pressure
• Droopy eyelid
• Need for more surgery

Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Obesity

• Smoking

• Diabetes

• Poor overall health

• Bleeding disorders

• Infection

• History of trauma to the eye

Call Your Doctor

After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Change in vision
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, bleeding, or discharge from the affected eye
• Visual disturbances, such as double vision, flashes of light, floaters, part of the field of vision is missing, or eye pressure

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.