Topical anesthesiacontains lidocaine, which is a medication used to to reduce pain in small areas including the skin, nose, and throat. Injection lidocaine is used to treat ventricular tachycardia and to perform nerve block while topical numbing cream is used to used to numb tissue in a specific...
If you have cataracts in both eyes, the procedures for each eye are typically done separately. Cataract surgery is performed while you are awake, so you will be given a calming medication that will mildly sedate you, as well as a special numbing gel and eye drops...