Author: T3mPl@teAdm1n

Here’s what a typical surgery day looks like: Arrival: You’ll check in at the surgery center or hospital and do some paperwork. A nurse will then bring you in for pre-op. Pre-op prep (30-60...

Oftentimes, someone from the surgery center will call you with detailed instructions the day before, or perhaps someone from your surgeon’s office will give you written or verbal...

Before cataract surgery (often starting a day or a few days prior, and on the morning of surgery), you’ll be prescribed several types of eye drops. Typically, these include an antibiotic drop to...

Glasses after cataract surgery are corrective lenses prescribed to address residual refractive needs that an intraocular lens (IOL) alone may not fully resolve. Most patients achieve significantly...

A refractive surprise means the eye’s prescription after surgery isn’t what we predicted – for example, we aimed for 0 (perfect distance focus) but you ended up -1.0 diopter (mild nearsighted), or...

“Perfect vision” after cataract surgery is a widely held expectation, but the clinical standard for a successful outcome is 20/40 visual acuity, not 20/20. Most patients achieve...

A lifestyle lens is an advanced technology intraocular lens (IOL) implanted during cataract surgery to correct vision at multiple distances and reduce dependence on glasses. Also called premium...

We often consider 20/20 vision as “perfect,” but in cataract surgery, the goal can be more nuanced. For one, 20/20 refers only to distance vision clarity. If a patient’s priority is reading...

A key concept in cataract surgery lens selection is that no single solution gives you everything – there’s a trade-off between ultimate crispness/contrast and the range of vision without glasses. A...

Mix-and-match refers to using different types of IOLs in each eye to leverage their respective strengths. For example, one common strategy: put an EDOF lens (extended depth of focus) in the...