What are the complications after cataract surgery?

Cataract is a relatively common eye disease, which usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. Cataracts have a great impact on vision and also affect normal life. Surgery is a common way to treat cataracts. However, it is easy to cause some complications after the operation, such as swelling of the eyes or pupil block.

What are the symptoms of complications after cataract surgery?

There are many complications after cataract surgery. In order to achieve the expected good results, we must strictly treat each complication according to its cause.

(1) Shallow anterior chamber caused by incision leakage after cataract surgery;

(2) Choroidal detachment with incision leakage;

(3) pupillary block;

(4) Persistent corneal edema;

(5) A small amount of anterior chamber hemorrhage or hemorrhage filling the anterior chamber accompanied by high intraocular pressure;

(6) Uveitis after cataract surgery;

(7) Treatment of glaucoma after cataract surgery should include local and systemic hypotensive treatment as well as etiological treatment;

(8) When conservative treatment of abnormal intraocular lens position is ineffective, surgical repositioning is generally performed, and the intraocular lens is removed or replaced if necessary;

(9) Posterior capsule opacity due to cataract;

(10) Retinal complications, cystoid macular edema;

(11) Retinal detachment;

Cataract is a disease that seriously affects vision. It is also relatively common in clinical practice, causing serious harm to the daily lives of patients. Therefore, many people treat cataracts, but do not understand the manifestations of cataract complications. If you want to completely cure cataracts, you must understand the complications of cataracts.