POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AFTER CATARACT OPERATION

1. The patient is asked to lie quietly upon the back
for about three hours and advised to take nil
orally.
2. For mild to moderate postoperative pain injection
diclofenac sodium may be given.
3. Next morning bandage is removed and eye is
inspected for any postoperative complication.
4. Antibiotic-steroid eyedrops are used for four
times, three times, two times and then once a day
for 2 weeks each.
5. After 6-8 weeks of operation corneoscleral sutures
are removed (when applied). Now a days most
surgeons are doing sutureless cataract surgery.
6. Final spectacles are prescribed after about 8 weeks
of operation.