Cataract surgery is usually performed under topical anesthesia (without an “injection”); only in rare cases is retrobulbar anesthesia, i.e., an injection next to and behind the eye, required. The surgery itself normally takes only 10-15 minutes. First, the area around the eye to be operated on is cleaned and disinfected. Then the face is covered with a drape—only the eye remains exposed. The blood pressure cuff inflates once more and measures your blood pressure. I sit behind or above your head. We can talk to each other throughout the entire procedure. I ensure once again that your eye is pain-free and then adjust the operating microscope. Through small incisions in the cornea of the eye (less than 2 mm), the clouded lens is removed from the eye, and a new, clear lens is inserted. At the end of the surgery, the operated eye is dressed with an antibiotic eye ointment and covered with a protective shield for one night.