The number of days of hospitalization for 75 year olds wanting cataract surgery is determined by whether the patient has a concomitant primary disease, and the patient is usually discharged on the same day of surgery.
Cataract surgery requires a preoperative evaluation, including eye examination and general examination.
1. Eye examination: mainly refers to visual acuity, intraocular pressure, visual field, eyelid conjunctiva with or without infection, fundus with or without lesions, radius of curvature of the cornea and IOL calculation, postoperative visual acuity assessment, and so on.
2. Systemic examination: blood pressure, high blood sugar, cardiovascular disease, cardiac function instability, preoperative fever, diarrhea and other abnormalities, can not be operated, need to be stabilized after the above conditions for surgical treatment.
Cataract is a local anesthesia surgery, if the patient’s preoperative assessment of the situation is stable, feasible surgery, post-operative stability can be discharged, generally the same day of the operation can be discharged, specific advice can be consulted with the physician.