Recommended wait time after cataract surgery

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What is the recommended wait time before SCUBA after cataract surgery?

A small incision phacoemulsification with no complications.

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I am not a doctor, but had cataract surgery together with a corneal transplant (DSAEK) in August 2010 and dove by December with my surgeons blessings.
 
In the article
butler, fk (1995). Diving and hyperbaric opthalmology. Survey of Opthalmology, 39(5), 347-366.
There is a recommendation of one month for a scleral tunnel corneal incision, 2 months for a clear corneal incision, and 3 months if the surgeon used non-corneal valve incision for cataract surgery.
 
I'm getting the procedure in November. Doctor says two months wait after the second eye.
 

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