Surgery Complications

When we do cataract surgery, the complication rate is quite low. In fact, it is less than one percent. That basically means that it never happens, right? Well, the risk for any individual patient is definitely low, but one percent theoretically affects 1 patient out of 100.

We do several hundred surgeries per year, so that means that one or two people every year do have significant complications. So does that mean that it never happens? Well, obviously not. But is it pretty close to never for any individual person? Pretty close. And when the complications happen, we can almost always manage those issues so that the outcomes are good.