Key Takeaways

Cataract surgery is being done in eye surgeons’ offices, rather than in a hospital or surgical center

Patients receive the surgery with minimal sedation using diazepam pills

More than 99% of patients decided to have their second eye surgery done in the office, after their experience with the first

THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Imagine popping by your eye doctor’s office for a quick cataract surgery.

That appears to be the future for this vision-enhancing procedure, researchers reported Saturday at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Hundreds of patients successfully received cataract surgery in a doctor’s office after taking sedative pills, as opposed to IV sedation at a surgical center or hospital, researchers r

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