On the day of your cataract surgery, you will arrive at Eyeside or the Sanatorium Privatklinikum Leech at the scheduled time. You may take all your medications as usual. There is also no need to discontinue any blood-thinning medication. After registration, biometry is performed—if not already done in advance—to determine the appropriate intraocular lens for your eye. We always have all lenses in stock in our inventory. You will then be escorted to the preparation room. The anesthesiologist will speak with you once more, your blood pressure will be measured, and—for safety—an intravenous access (“IV line”) will be established. Drops will be administered to the eye being operated on several times. Then I will come to collect you, and we will wheel you into the operating room on a mobile surgical bed. The cataract surgery itself usually takes only 10–15 minutes.