Results and complications...

There is an excellent chance that the cataract operation will give you a dramatic increase in the quality of your vision. Everything should seem much clearer and colours may seem much brighter.

If, before cataract surgery, you had to wear spectacles all the time for distance vision, then you may be pleasantly surprised to find that you may now not need to wear them. This is possible because I will have used a lens implant of the power that gives you the best chance of good unaided vision. However there can be no guarantee about this and you may also still need spectacles for astigmatism.

You may have read about bifocal and accommodating lens implants. It is my view that bifocal implants reduce the quality of vision and that accommodating implants do not work. My view is that such implants should not be used.

As with any operation there is a long list of possible complications. Fortunately the more common complications are minor and will not affect the long term result. These include a short term increase in pressure of the eye and mild, temporary waterlogging of the upper part of the cornea. Major complications, such as infection, are very rare indeed, but you should understand that they can cause severe or total loss of vision in an eye. For this reason I only ever operate on one eye at a time.