Periods of recovery for eye surgery prior to diving
| Anterior segment surgery | 6 months |
| Cataract: non-corneal valve incision | 3 months |
| Radial keratotomy | 3 months |
| Astigmatic keratotomy | 3 months |
| Vitreoretinal surgery | |
| Vitrectomy | 2 months |
| Retinal detachment repair | 2 months |
| Glaucoma filtering surgery | 2 months |
| Cataract: corneal valve incisions | 1–2 months |
| Lasik | 1 month |
| Oculoplastic surgery | |
| Sutured wound | 2 weeks |
| Enucleation | 2 weeks |
| Strabismus surgery | 2 weeks |
| Photorefractive keratotomy | 2 weeks |
| Conjunctival surgery | 2 weeks |
| Corneal suture removal | 1 week |
| Argon laser trabeculoplasty or iridectomy | No wait |
| Yag laser capsulotomy | No wait |
Reproduced from Butler.33