Postoperative care

Postoperative corneal transplant Care

1. Using cosmetics for the eyes and around it is prohibited for several weeks.
2. Take a bath 5 days after the operation and avoid water contact with the eyes.
3. Exercise and heavy activities and lifting heavy objects are prohibited.
4. Do not rub and touch the eyes.
5. Bending the head to below the waist and prostrating while praying is prohibited for 3 to 4 weeks, instead put the seal on your forehead.
6. Driving is prohibited due to lack of vision.
7. After you are allowed to take a shower, do not let water get into your eyes for 3 to 4 weeks. Avoid rubbing your eyes while bathing under no circumstances.
8. In case of symptoms (decreased vision compared to the previous days – pain in and around the eyes that is not relieved with the prescribed painkillers – increased redness, swelling and discharge of the eyes – sudden onset of pain above the eyeball “eyebrow area” and persistent headache – See the colored halo around the lights) Call or see your doctor.
9. If you feel a foreign body in the eye (which may be due to loosening or opening of the suture, and if the suture is not removed, the possibility of rejection of the transplant increases.) ,you should see your doctor.
10. You will be discharged a few hours after the surgery. When you are discharged, prepare your prescription and use eye drops as you are instructed. Bring your medications with you to the next visit.
11. After the surgery, sleep on your back and avoid sleeping towards the operated eye or towards the abdomen.
12. Be calm and avoid coughing, sneezing and exerting physical pressure on yourself.
13. After full recovery, first a little fluid and then if you can tolerate, you can eat. You do not have a specific diet and a special diet is not recommended.
14. If you feel pain and discomfort, use acetaminophen tablets.
15. There is no need to put in drops at night when sleeping.
16. Allow at least 5 to 10 minutes between two drops.
17. When sleeping; put a shield on the eye and stick it with hypoallergenic tape.

18- The shield should be on your eyes while sleeping for 3 to 4 weeks after the surgery.

Use sunglasses during the day so that your eyes are less irritated because the operated eye is sensitive to sunlight.

19. Postoperative pain can be reduced by taking acetaminophen. Tell your doctor if the pain does not go away as it may be due to increased intraocular pressure.
20. In case of sudden loss of vision, your doctor must be informed immediately.
21. You should go to the doctor’s office for an examination the day after surgery and until complete recovery, you need to be examined several times.
22. Your vision is not complete immediately after the operation, but it will gradually improve, and after a few months, if necessary, a spectacle number will be prescribed for precise work.
23. An eye that has undergone corneal transplantation is exposed to problems such as cataracts and especially glaucoma for the rest of its life, which may be asymptomatic and can only be diagnosed by an eye examination by a specialist. Therefore, corneal transplant patients should be examined regularly by the relevant ophthalmologist.

Cataract is one of the most common eye diseases that causes the lens of the eye to become cloudy. There are usually many causes for cataracts, but aging is the most important factor in the development of this disease.

Postoperative cataract care:

1. The wound may open with the slightest pressure the first few days after the surgery. So have a plastic shield on your eyes, especially when sleeping.
2. Avoid lifting heavy objects and exercising for a few weeks after the operation.
3. Use medicines according to the doctor’s instructions and avoid using them arbitrarily.
4. Take your medications with you or remember their names at each visit to the doctor.
5. Visit your doctor for further examination after cataract surgery. Postoperative examination is usually performed on the first day of the first week, and the first month after surgery. According to the treating physician, the interval between examinations may be reduced. Always ask your doctor when to re-examine.
6. Avoid water contact with the eyes in the first 5 days after the operation.
7. Put in the second drop at least 5 minutes after the first drop.
8.  After putting in the drops , close your eyes for at least one minute and avoid severe blinking.
9. Do not prostrate during the prayer for a week and place the seal on the forehead with your hand.
10. In case no complication occurs, you can take a bath five days after the cataract surgery, and it is better to use baby shampoo.
11. Postoperative drops include:

• Colobiotic drops: one drop every four hours for a week.
• Betamethasone drops, (if prescribed) for one month:
  • First week: every 4 hours put in one drop
  • Second week: every 6 hours put in one drop
  • Third week: every 8 hours put in one drop
  • Fourth week every 12 hours put in one drop

>>Note that you do not need to wake up to put in the drops while sleeping, but use the drops 5 minutes apart as soon as you wake up.

    12. Visit your doctor immediately as soon as you feel any eye pain, redness, sensitivity to light, decreased vision and purulent discharge from the eye. If you do not have access to your surgeon, go to the Bina Hospital Ophthalmology Emergency Clinic.

    13. Your vision may not be complete in the first few days after surgery, which is probably due to temporary swelling of the cornea or the presence of stitches.
    14. If your lens number is determined based on the best far vision after cataract surgery, you will need reading glasses for near vision.

1. Make sure to take a shower the day before the operation or the morning of the operation and wash the edges of the eyelids well with diluted baby shampoo. Remember that you cannot bathe in the first 4 days after the operation.
2. Do not use perfume, cologne or other fragrances on the day of operation (laser device is sensitive to odor) and avoid makeup on the edges of the eyelids.
3. The patients for LASIK and LASEK operations do not need to fast before the surgery. Therefore, it is better to have a light meal before the operation.
4. Make sure someone accompanies you to the doctor’s office because you cannot drive after the LASIK and LASEK surgery. You will not be able to drive for the first two weeks after operation.
5. In case of having any specific illness such as diabetes, allergies etc. ,inform your ophthalmologist before the surgery as you may need to undergo a course of treatment or control before eye surgery.
6. Inform your ophthalmologists about medications that you use continuously or periodically, especially corticosteroids ,before the surgery.
7. Inform your doctor before the surgery, if you are pregnant to make the best possible decision on how and when to have the operation.
8. Follow the instructions that are given by your ophthalmologist to enjoy the success of the surgery.
9. Avoid bringing watches, cell phones, head clips, and any metal or electronic accessories to the operating room on the day of eye surgery.
10. Control your stress so that you have enough rest on the day of the surgery.
11. If your ophthalmologist prescribes a special medicine or drop before eye surgery, make sure to take it according to the instructions.
12. If your ophthalmologist requests a special test before the surgery, make sure to do it and inform the eye surgeon of the result.
13. If you wear a soft contact lens, stop using your lens at least a week in advance.
14. If you wear a hard contact lens, stop using your lens at least 3 to 4 weeks in advance.

1. After eye surgery, you may feel burning, blurred vision, watery tears, and even pain, which is a natural reaction that improves on its own and if needed and prescribed by an ophthalmologist with medication.
2. Make sure someone accompanies you to the doctor’s office because you cannot drive after the LASIK and LASEK surgery.
3. Strictly avoid rubbing your eyes and putting any physical pressure on them after the eye surgery.
4. Avoid smoking, hookah and being in places that deal with smoke for a few weeks.
5. Use the drops and medications prescribed by your ophthalmologist as directed within the prescribed time.
6. See your ophthalmologist at scheduled times.
7. Do not worry about blurred vision in the early days, it will improve over time.
8. Do not take a bath in the first week after the surgery and do not swim for a month.
9. Do not wear make-up or cosmetics for a month.
10. Consult your ophthalmologist before taking any particular medication.
11. Avoid contact with water until the dressing is removed by the ophthalmologist.
12. Your eyes may become sensitive to light after the surgery. Wear appropriate sunglasses.
13. Avoid doing sports and heavy physical activities for a month after the surgery and consult your ophthalmologist before doing them.
14. After LASIK and LASEK surgery, the eyes and cornea become temporarily dry. The use of artificial tear drops and even blinking reduces these effects. Over time, these complications improve and go away.
15. Do not worry if the dressing lens accidentally slips out of your eye. Keep your eyes close as much as possible and call the Vision Health Clinic or Bina Ophthalmology Hospital and avoid touching and putting the lens back on your eyes.
16. Use eye drops as directed by your doctor. Allow 5 minutes between two drops. Use the drops when you are awake. You do not need to put in the drops while you are asleep and do not wake up for this purpose. After waking up in the morning, set the time for the drops again.
17. Avoid activities that tire your eyes such as driving, television, reading, computers and cell phones etc. in the first week after surgery.