CATARACT POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATED PHONE CALL OR TEXT MESSAGE 3 BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE YOUR SURGERY TO REMIND YOU OF YOUR TIME TO ARRIVE AT THE AZAR EYE SURGERY CENTER. THE APPOINTMENT TIME MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM THE TIME GIVEN TO YOU THE DAY YOU SCHEDULED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR MESSAGES.

USE YOUR PRE-OPERATIVE EYE DROPS AS INSTRUCTED ON THE EYE DROP INSTRUCTION SHEET GIVEN TO YOU WHEN YOU SCHEDULED SURGERY.

PLEASE BRING ALL YOUR DROPS TO THE SURGERY CENTER.

THE DAY BEFORE SURGERY

ANTIBIOTIC (TOBRAMYCIN) 3 TIMES A DAY

NON-STEROIDAL (ILEVRO) 1 TIME IN THE MORNING

THE MORNING OF SURGERY

ANTIBIOTIC (TOBRAMYCIN) 1 TIME IN THE MORNING

NON-STEROIDAL (ILEVRO) 1 TIME IN THE MORNING

DILATING (CYCLOPENTOLATE/CYCLOGYL) 3 TIMES 5 MINUTES APART BEFORE ARRIVING

DILATING (PHENYLEPHRINE/MYDFRIN) 3 TIMES 5 MINUTES APART BEFORE ARRIVING

**DUREZOL WILL BE USED AFTER SURGERY**

YOU MAY TAKE ALL OF YOUR REGULAR MORNING MEDICATIONS THE DAY OF SURGERY.

YOU MAY HAVE A LIGHT BREAKFAST 2 HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL TIME. SUCH AS CEREAL, TOAST, BREAKFAST BAR, COFFEE, OR JUICE. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE: IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE AZAR EYE SURGERY CENTER AT 7:30AM, THEN YOU MAY EAT A LIGHT BREAKFAST UNTIL 5:30AM. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH IN THE TWO HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR SURGERY.

PLEASE DRESS COMFORTABLE IN A LOOSE FITTING TOP THAT HAS A LOW NECK OR IS A BUTTON/ZIP DOWN STYLE.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DRIVER THE DAY OF YOUR PROCEDURE. THEY SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN AT THE CENTER WHILE YOU ARE IN SURGERY. GENERALLY, YOU WILL BE FINISHED WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF OF YOUR ARRIVAL TIME.