Cataract Treatment
We are offering bladeless cataract treatment in Kalburgi.
We, at Sri Shivashankrappa Nandyal Eye care Centre, have always been first at embracing modern technologies to increase our accuracy and precision, to enhance safety, or improve patient facility. Let’s take a closer look at some of the sophisticated equipment in our armamentarium at Cataract Treatment at Sri Shivashankrappa Nandyal Eye care centre.
Once the cataract is diagnosed, preoperative tests and evaluations will be done to calculate the power as well as to determine the appropriate type of the lens to be implanted.
At Cataract Treatment, this technology of using the appropriate IOL based on individual eye parameters is referred to as Customised Cataract Surgery.
Technologies for Cataract Diagnosis & Treatment.
Biometry (IOL power calculation) is done by trained personnel and every effort is made to ensure accurate results at Cataract Treatment. It involves measurement of the eyeball length and corneal power.
Pentacam (Oculyzer from Alcon)– This is based on the Scheimpflug camera wherein the corneal power is measured at multiple points. These measurements are based on elevation from a reference sphere – a form of elevation-based topography.
The Pentacam can also accurately measure the thickness of the cornea at various locations at Cataract Treatment, we use this for assessing the corneal cylinder (astigmatism) accurately for planning toric IOLs as well as for planning limbal relaxing incisions for correction of astigmatism during surgery.
The Pentacam helps us to manage complex cases such as patients coming for cataract surgery at Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre after having undergone refractive surgery (for example LASIK or PRK) or those with Keratoconus.
iTrace – At Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre, this unique machine works on the principle of ray tracing technology. Visual problems can arise from the loss of clarity in 2 important structures in the eye namely cornea and lens. iTrace can quantitatively estimate the visual loss due to each component and can reasonably predict the vision after cataract surgery.
It can exactly measure the spherical aberration of the eye and helps in the selection of an appropriate aspheric IOL. The iTrace also measures various visual angles of the eye (angle alpha and angle kappa) which are useful in the selection of premium IOLs like multifocal, trifocal, and toric IOLs.
IOL Master –At Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre, this works on the principle of partial coherence laser interferometry. Here the length of the eye is measured using a laser, and hence is extremely accurate for calculating IOL power calculation. All the measurements at Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre are taken without touching the patient’s eye. It is an extremely fast machine that can take hundreds of readings within minutes.
Let’s now look at some of the equipment that is used during the cataract surgery at Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre, Kalburgi.
Alcon Infiniti Phaco Machine – This is an advanced Phacoemulsification system, which incorporates conventional longitudinal phaco technology with Ozil technology. In Ozil technology, which is used at Cataract Treatment in Nandyal Eye care Centre the tip of the phaco probe moves horizontally as well as longitudinally. This tremendously improves the efficiency of the machine to emulsify the cataract without damaging adjacent eye structures. Advanced fluidics sensors in the machine further increase the safety of the system during surgery.
Zeiss Visu 200 Microscope – This is a top-end microscope backed by German engineering and the finest optics from Carl Zeiss. It provides the best visualization of the minute structures inside the eye during surgery.
Positive Pressure Ventilation System – The operation theatre at Nandyal Eye care Centre is equipped with a positive pressure ventilation system, which prevents contaminated air from entering the operation theatre. It is equipped with HEPA filters, which exclude all pathogenic microorganisms which can cause infection.
Cataract Treatment Options
SICS – Small incision Cataract Surgery
- Surgery can be performed manually through a 5- 6 mm wound called SICS (Small Incision Cataract Surgery) at Nandyal Eye care Centre.
- Phacoemulsification is at present the universally accepted standard-of-care for cataract surgery at Nandyal Eye care Centre.
- Ultrasound energy is used in phacoemulsification to break up the cataract (emulsify) into microscopic fragments which can be sucked out of the eye.
MICS – Micro incision Cataract Surgery
- The surgical wounds have progressively become smaller and now the latest technique is “Micro-coaxial Phacoemulsification” or MICS.
- MICS is phacoemulsification of the cataract through a wound of 2.2 mm or less, with implantation of an intraocular lens through the same wound.
- Wound healing and refractive stabilization are faster in MICS than in traditional phaco.
- Furthermore, these lenses are preloaded by the manufacturer into the injector. Thus they can be directly injected into the eye without touching the lens by any instruments.
Bladeless Cataract Treatment
- Corneal incision is made with a LenSX technology which is completely laser operated. So there is no blade used in the process.
- Know more about bladeless cataract process here.
Nowadays with technological advancements, technically there are two types of treatments available for cataract surgery.
1) Bladeless Cataract Treatment
2) Phacoemulsification, commonly termed as Phaco Cataract Surgery.
The difference between these two is in the 1st step of cataract surgery, ie. making an incision, a cut, for the phaco process. Bladeless does it with a laser and traditional cataract surgery does it with an advanced micro Keratome blade.
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