Ophthalmic surgery and breast surgery

Surgical Procedure	Recommended return to non-manual employment	Recommended return to manual employment	Other Advice
Cataract removal	1-3 days	2 weeks	Avoid very heavy lifting and strenuous exercise until healed

Surgical Procedure	Recommended return to non-manual employment	Recommended return to manual employment	Other Advice
Breast benign lumpectomy	1 week	2 weeks
Breast cancer wide local excision and sentinel node biopsy	1-2 weeks	6 weeks	Assuming no adjuvant therapy which substantially delays recovery. Psychological impact of diagnosis can also have an impact on the motivation to return to work
Breast cancer wide local excision or mastectomy and axillary clearance	4-8 weeks	4-8 weeks	Assuming no adjuvant therapy which substantially delays recovery. Psychological impact of diagnosis can also have an impact on the motivation to return to work
Breast cancer with radiotherapy and endocrine therapy	3 months	3 months
Breast cancer with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy and herceptin	Up to 9 months	Up to 9 months	Where there is a long delay, regular contact with work, and the expectation of an eventual return is very important