Generally speaking, if your cataract is not a complex or severe type, you can usually see quite well the day after the surgery.
However, if your cataract is long – standing and hard, the surgery is difficult to perform, or the anterior chamber of the eye is very shallow, corneal edema may occur. In such cases, the recovery time will be longer. It could take three to five days, or even one or two weeks, or in some cases, one to two months.
If the corneal endothelium is in very poor condition, the recovery period may last from one to two months. Overall, most cataract patients can regain their vision within a few days.
But if your vision has not recovered after one or two weeks, you may need to look for other reasons. At this point, it could be that there are issues with the quality or precision of the cataract surgery. Alternatively, other problems such as astigmatism, myopia, or macular problems in the fundus of the eye may also affect the recovery of vision after cataract surgery.