“Air travel or flying after cataract surgery really doesn’t have to pose too much concern for patients considering a
cataract operation in the near future,” stated Leslie Doctor, M.D., a Fairfield County Cataract Surgeon with offices in Norwalk, Wilton & Westport, CT. “Cataract patients today lead very active lifestyles that often includes air travel to visit friends and family. Flying after cataract surgery is relatively common as they need to get on an airplane or take advantage of air travel arrangements after cataract surgery and don’t want to be restricted.”
Most cataract surgeons require their patients to be examined the first day after cataract surgery and again at about 5-8 days after a cataract operation. This is the period of time where rare, but potentially serious, complications would likely be detected, if they were to occur. Beyond this period of time it is more a matter of making sure that you have access to continued follow up care at your cataract surgeon’s direction. If you are contemplating a trip after your cataract surgery you should discuss air travel and flying with your
cataract surgeon and they can give you any additional advice you might need regarding air travel as it would apply to your post operative instructions.
If you or someone you know has questions or concerns about cataract surgery, air travel and flying please feel free to call Doctor & Associates-203-227-4113, visit
Doctor & Associates in Fairfield County or
facebook.com/doctorandassociates to schedule an appointment.
Doctor & Associates is a leading Fairfield County Connecticut eye care practice with offices at
129 Kings Highway North,
Westport,
Connecticut 06880,
195 Danbury Road,
Wilton,
Connecticut 06897 and
148 East Avenue,
Norwalk,
Connecticut 06851, providing eye examinations for adults and children,
cataract surgery and intraocular lens implants (IOL), laser vision correction such as LASIK, diagnosis and treatment of cornea disease including cornea transplants, diagnosis and management of diseases of the retina including diabetes and age related macular degeneration and diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma as well as contact lenses, eyeglasses and optical services. For those patients in need of eye surgery, as a founding member of the Wilton Surgery Center, Doctor & Associates eye surgeons are able to provide eye surgery in a convenient, close to home and cost effective ambulatory surgery center.
Whatever your eye care, eye health or vision correction needs might be-Doctor & Associates can serve as a Connecticut ophthalmic consultant and will be conveniently located for patients from Fairfield County and southern Connecticut including Danbury, Stamford, Greenwich, Westport, Weston, Wilton, New Canaan, Norwalk, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Cannondale, Aspetuck, Redding, Trumbull, Shelton, Monroe, Darien, Glenbrook and Ridgefield Connecticut.
