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how long is the surgery

how long is the surgery usually?thanks
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You don't specify the surgery.  But the answers above are typical for modern cataract surgery in the USA.
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I  agree with yarrow. Totally relaxed and no pain!  
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For my cataract surgeries, it was less than fifteen minutes for the first eye and about 20 for the second.  Of course, the prep--filling out forms and then sitting or lying around waiting beforehand--took an hour or so.

One nice thing, though, in terms of anxiety:  As I was lying on the gurney waiting to go into surgery and chatting with the anesthesiologist, with an IV long ago placed in my arm, I thought, "How odd.  I don't feel at all tense."  I think they gradually add a little relaxing potion while you wait.
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If you are talking about cataract surgery, it should be less than half an hour.
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