How long does it take to recover from cornea surgery?
Your vision may be blurry for a period of time after surgery. For some people, it may take 6 to 12 weeks to get the full benefits of surgery and to see as clearly as possible. Your doctor will give you eyedrops to help your eye heal and prevent your body from rejecting the donor tissue.
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Is corneal surgery painful?
On the day of your cornea transplant, you'll either be given a sedative to help you relax and a local anesthetic to numb your eye, or you'll be put to sleep. Either way, you shouldn't feel pain. Surgery is done on one eye at a time.
Are you awake during corneal transplant surgery?
You will most likely be awake during the transplant. You will get medicine to relax you. Local anesthesia (numbing medicine) will be injected around your eye to block pain and prevent eye movement during the surgery. The tissue for your corneal transplant will come from a person (donor) who has recently died.
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