Cataract Surgery Incision and Post-Op Antibiotics/Steroids

I read the incision is the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen.

I thought you had the intracameral injection? Anyway, the incision size is tiny (like the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen) and I think they usually do it on the side of the iris (colored part of the eye), but I think it depends on whether or not you ever had other surgery like people who had radial keratotomy for vision correction a long time ago may need the incision to be done at the top to do a different procedure than normal since their corneas have cuts on them (it's called a tunnel procedure I think).

There are two small incisions made into the cornea during the surgery and they are self healing and do not need stitches.

When I had both my cataracts done I was given one bottle of a combined steroid/antibiotic eye drops.  As they are steroids, they are a reducing dose, so 4 drops for a week, then 3, 2, 1 and nothing, so for a month.

No problem, but the drops did give me a headache sometimes.

 

i explore topics.You can read about the dropless medication.They  feel in third world countries and some aged people do not stick with the protocol so the injection is good.Also it may be cheaper.My dr gives 3 different drops and depending on each visit stops or continues each one..,he takes his time with any new thing.I think if surgery is at a big hospital eye center the residents, fellows , professirs  are up to date on all new   methods

there is a lot of information to be found