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Before Your Surgery

Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure. The total duration of hospital stay is about 2-3 hours. You should arrange for someone to drive you home that day.

Starting 2 Days Before Surgery:

VIGAMOX MAXIDEX VOLTAREN
1. VIGAMOX 2. MAXIDEX 3. VOLTAREN

Vigamox, Maxidex, and Voltaren:
Instill 1 drop of each medication 4 times a day to the operated eye starting 2 days before AND on the morning of the surgery.
NOTE: Wait at least 2 minutes before instilling the next eye drop.
If you use eye drops for glaucoma, continue to use them as usual.

On the Morning of Surgery:

  • If your surgery is in the morning, do not eat or drink after midnight, the night before surgery.
  • If your surgery is in the afternoon, do not eat after midnight, but you may drink small amounts of clear fluids (water, apple juice, or tea, but NO milk) up to 6 hours before surgery.
  • Take all your usual medications on the morning of surgery with small sips of water.
  • If you take blood thinners (aspirin or coumadin) or blood pressure pills, continue as usual.
  • If you have diabetes, DO NOT take your diabetes pills or insulin on the morning of surgery.
  • Wear a SHORT SLEEVE BUTTONED SHIRT to the hospital.
  • Bring all your medications, eye drops, AND THE CATARACT INSTRUCTION SHEET with you to the hospital.