Is there any risks after doing any type of cataract surgery in common?

Yes, not common: Short term: bleeding, infection, bruised eye, incision leak, glaucoma, retinal detachment. Long term: macular edema, dislocated implant lens, and secondary cataract.

Yes: Cataract surgery is a surgery and thus has risks associated with it, although they are generally small compared to the potential benefit.

Yes, Infection: Cataract surgery involves entering the eye and has a slight but measurable risk of infection inside the eye, or bleeding inside the eye. The risk of infection is minimized by using antibiotic eye drops before surgery. This complication is very rare, but can be sight threatening.

Few and far between: The most serious risk is infection, perhaps 1:1000 cases. Cataract surgery is the most commonly and most successfully performed surgery in the US today.

Yes: Very uncommon, you could have a complication with the surgery leading to the need for more surgery. You can have bleeding, swelling, infection of the eye, potentially resulting in blindness. The aforementioned is very rare, but can happen.

Cataract surgery: Cataract surgery is a very safe common surgery but every surgery does have some risk. The risk of serious complication or decreased vision is incredibly rare.

Yes: Everything in life carries a certain risk. You take a risk when you drive your car. The benefit of getting from point a to b outweighs the understood risk of an accident. We, as md's, try to convey surgical risk to patients. With cataracts, as a general rule, if your vision is so poor that you have difficulties with your daily routines, the benefits of better vision outweighs the risks of surgery.

Risks generally rare: Post Cataract Surgery Issues/Complications: need for glasses still, need YAG laser: PCO, dry eye sx/worsening, eyelid droop, recurrent uveitis, eye bleeding, needing another surgery/laser (for multiple reasons: refractive surprise, swelling of macula CME, IOL dislocation, failing cornea), rare: infection,retinal hole, detachment, loss of vision, loss of eye, loss of life; eyedoc2020@blogspot.com