Yes, indeed. Here is my long thread about it:
https://www.early-retirement.org/fo...-cataract-surgery-also-post-lasik-109448.html
There are a lot of factors. The vitrectomy and peel are themselves not difficult. Depending upon the location of the pucker (I assume you have a macular pucker but you might have a hole), you will most likely end up with either no gas in your eye, short acting gas, or long acting gas. I went in with a likelihood of short acting gas but a retinal tear was found which necessitated the long acting gas. The difference is that the short acting gas goes away very quickly while the long acting lasted 10 1/2 weeks for me. During that time I could very little with my left eye due to the peel.
Also depending on what they find and the gas they use, you may have a positioning requirement for some period of time after surgery. In my case I had to be face down during the day for I think a week and then had to sleep on my side for several weeks. I talk about all this in the thread. If there is any possibility of a positioning requirement you should rent equipment that will make that a little easier to bear. I rented it for a week and it helped.
The doctor may have already talked to you about cataract. If you have not had a cataract replaced in that eye, the vitrectomy typically either causes a cataract or make it much worse. Pre-surgery I had a mild cataract. A month after the vitrectomy my visual acuity had greatly improved showing that the peel had helped. A month after that, my vision got much worse which was the cataract getting worse. As a result, I had cataract surgery 3 months after the vitrectomy.
It is how almost year since my macular pucker was discovered. I have good vision in my eye that had the peel. Post cataract surgery they were my left eye vision was about 20/25, almost 20/20. Before I had the peel I think my best vision in that eye was 20/60 or so. So the peel really did help the loss of visual acuity. I also had distorted vision from the pucker. Mostly horizontal lines and vertical lines being wavy. (I check this with an Amsler grid). Also when I look at something with my left eye it looked like it is slanted down to the right.
It is about 9 1/2 since I had the vitrectomy. The distorted vision has not really improved much if at all. The doctor says you can get improvement for up to 2 years after the peel but most improvement in usually in the first 6 months. I think the distorted vision for me is not likely to improve.
But, that is honestly a minor problem. The return of my visiual acuity was far more important (oh -- I now have monovision in my left eye so I don't actually see 20/25 with that eye but that is fine as the monovision helps my vision overall).
I don't actually even notice the distorted vision any more. With both eyes open I really don't "see" it. If I close my right eye, then I can tell the distorted vision is still there. But, of course, I always use both eyes together so it is all fine.