I’ll try to be concise: I had cataract surgeries and pretty successful FOVs on each eye over a couple of years. Because of some bothersome residual floaters in the left eye, I asked the surgeon for a 2nd FOV to “clean out” the remainder.

He described the surgery risk profile as, essentially, -0- risk. He said the only notable risk, infection, was only 1 in 7,500 (.00013) and he’d never had one in 35 years, so he considered the surgery risk 0.

I had the surgery, got a vitreous hemorrhage and an infection. I had severe pain and full loss of sight in first day post surgery (Friday night). Despite this, they waited till after the weekend to give me an antibiotic shot. Then, despite months of promises that my vision would return to normal, it did not. Due to the retinal damage caused by the infection, I have central scotomas and photopsia that block and distort my vision. The damage is permanent.

So, though I’m 1 in 7,500 or so that get an infection during vitrectomy, I am that ONE. I’d advise to have your surgery early in the week so you don’t have to deal with BOTHERING a preeminent surgeon to treat an infection on the weekend.