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The retina clinic at Paras hospital has highly sophisticated equipment, latest technology and expertise to deal all kinds of medical & surgical procedures including trauma. The clinic is equipped with:
- A and B Scan
- Fluorescein Angiography
- DORC Vitrectomy
- LIO & Endo Laser
These equipments are used for detecting & treating damage caused to the retina of the eye by diabetes, blood pressure & other systemic illnesses.
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| Fluorescein Angiography |
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Under this procedure a die is injected into vein which reaches to eye blood vessels in few seconds, the pictures of these blood vessels are then taken in a sequential manner by a highly sophisticated camera to detect the likeage & damage. This procedure of angiography is used for the patients suffering from the diseases like diabetes and other systemic illnesses. Thus investigation can also be used as a preventive diagnostic procedure.
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| Green Laser |
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This laser is used for treating the likeage detected by angiography procedure. This should be realized in advance before going for the procedure that this treatment prevents only the further damage caused by the diseases like diabetes and blood pressure. But the vision already lost cannot be recovered again.
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| Squint |
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Squint (strabismus) is the term used for the condition when the eyes are misaligned and not looking at the same thing. The most common form of it are when one eye either turns in or outwards. when one squeezes the eyelid partly closed to see more clearly or against bright sunlight is also one of the squints. When misalignment occurs each eye is directed at a different image and generally results in double vision (diplopia) which generally does not occur in childhood. Childhood squint often runs in families and can be corrected only after operation. |
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| What are the Pre operative preparations? |
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| Individuals are advised to discontinue wearing contact lenses 1 day before surgery. Before the surgery, the patient's corneas are examined with a machine called pachymeter to determine their thickness and to measure their surface contour and a map is created. All precautions & examinations are done to make the surgery a success. In case the eye is found to be unfit for the procedure, surgery can be denied to the individual. |
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| What are the postoperative expectations? |
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The vision is expected to be blurry immediately after the surgery. You would start feeling the improvement the very next day and it would continue to improve over the next few weeks. You are instructed to use a course of antibiotic and anti-inflammatory eye drops and continued for few weeks following the surgery. Patients are also usually told to sleep much more and are given a darkened pair of shields to protect their eyes from bright lights and to prevent rubbing of the eyes when asleep and to reduce dry eyes. You should avoid contact of water during the first two weeks. |
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| Would you require glasses after the procedure? |
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| You might require the glasses if you are more than 40 years of age, else you would require presbyopia corrections.
The facilities and know how is available at Paras Hospitals |
