What Is The Success Rate Of Cataract Surgery?

risk of complications which can occur with cataract surgery? • Could you tolerate cataract surgery? • Would you be able to follow post-surgery instructions and follow up care? • Is there another reason why I am having cataract surgery, such as to open my drainage angles?

Answers to these questions are designed to lead you to make an informed decision if cataract surgery is warranted, and pre-surgery planning needs to be organised.

The success rate of cataract surgery is high due to advances in technology, surgical techniques and intraocular lenses. Of every 100 operations to remove a cataract, at least 90% will result in significantly improved vision. If the eye is healthy, cataract surgery will restore excellent vision in up to 98 in 100 patients. Generally, after cataract surgery there will be an improvement in the colours you see, the sharpness, and the quality of your vision.

If you wear spectacles for distance vision, cataract surgery may render you spectacle-free for distance and can sometimes reduce your dependence on spectacles for computer work and reading as well.

In patients with glaucoma and narrow drainage angles, cataract surgery can widen the drainage angle, improving the drainage of aqueuous humour (natural fluid in the eye) and lower the intraocular pressure.

Furthermore, if you have open angle glaucoma, minimally invasive glaucoma stents e.g. Hydrus, iStentW can be inserted at the time of cataract surgery, to better control the intraocular pressure and reduce the dependence on