When can I drive after a corneal transplant?

Both the National Eye Institute and the American Academy of Ophthalmology are clear that you cannot drive after corneal transplant surgery and need someone to give you a ride home. You also need a ride to the follow up appointment the next day.

After that there is no fixed number, because driving depends on vision, not on the calendar. After DSAEK or DMEK the cornea often clears within weeks, so people can be back to driving relatively early once their surgeon confirms the vision is good enough. After a full thickness (PK) graft the operated eye can stay blurry and distorted for many months, since complete vision may take up to one year or longer. People with a good other eye often keep driving during that time, but that is a conversation with your surgeon and it has to meet your state's vision standard.

Do not drive while you are still under instructions to lie face up, and do not drive if you are seeing double, if the eye is painful, or if you are on a drop that is blurring you. Your surgeon's clearance comes first.