“Cataract surgery with phacoemulsification is one of the most successful surgical procedures performed, and its popularity has de­creased operating times and given pa­tients a shorter postoperative healing pe­riod. However, sight-threatening complications that in­volve the posterior seg­ment can oc­cur. The complication rate after cat­aract surgery is relatively low, but it is important to recognize these complications early and treat them appropriately. In this article, we will re­view the four major posterior segment complications of cataract surgery: re­tained lens fragments, post­operative end­ophthalmitis, pseu­do­phakic retinal de­tachment, and cystoid macular ede­ma”.

Credits: Article by Asheesh Tewari, MD, and Gaurav K. Shah, MD
St. Louis taken from https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/cataract-complications-the-retinal-perspective