 Search the Knowledgebase |
 Browse by Category |
|
|
|
| View Articles by Category |
|
There are no sub categories
|
Incisional Surgery
|
|
Intraocular surgical procedures beyond lasers
|
|
There were 20 articles found in this category:
 Seton (Glaucoma Valve) Surgery for Treating Glaucoma
The purpose of glaucoma drainage surgery is to help control the pressure in your eye and preserve your vision. If the intraocular pressure (IOP) remains too high, your optic nerve becomes damaged, leading to vision loss and eventual blindness. Although the long-term success of this procedure is ...
- Trabeculectomy with or without mini-shunt
If you have glaucoma and medications and laser surgeries do not lower your eye pressure adequately, your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) may recommend a procedure called a trabeculectomy. This procedure is often performed with use of an anti-scarring medication to reduce the risk of scarring in cert ...
- Subtenon's Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. Subtenon's anesthesia is the injection ...
- Subconjuntival Anesthesia
Although many surgeries of the eye are performed using topical anaesthesia techniques, sometimes this is supplemented with injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure. This helps avoid putting you to sleep using general anaesthesia with its increased risks. ...
- Penetrating and Lamellar Keratoplasty
If your cornea is severely damaged or diseased, you might require a corneal transplant to improve your vision. One type of corneal transplant, called a penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), replaces your central corneal tissue with donor tissue. (See photo below.) The procedure usually takes about a ...
- Phacoemulsification
Phacoemulsification (Phaco) is a surgical method used to remove a cataract, which is a clouding of the eye’s naturally clear lens. A cloudy lens interferes with light passing through to the retina, the light-sensing layer of cells at the back of the eye. Having a cataract can be compared ...
- Retrobulbar Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. Retrobulbar anesthesia is the injectio ...
- General Anesthesia
During surgery, an anesthesiologist will put you to sleep so that you do not experience any pain. The combination of drugs and/or gases that puts you to sleep and prevents pain is called general anesthesia. General anesthesia is usually reserved for repair of the eye following major trauma sinc ...
- Regional Anesthesia
Regional anesthesia is a type of procedure that eliminates the pain associated with eye surgery. Instead of undergoing general anesthesia and being unconscious for your surgery, your eye is numbed with eyedrops and your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) gives you an injection that often immobilizes you ...
- Peribulbar Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use just topical drops or injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. If you are not ...
- Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)
Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is a technique that minimizes pain and anxiety during surgical procedures. With MAC, you are not fully sedated as you would be under general anesthesia. This technique, although common for other types of surgery, is rarely used for eye surgery and usually require ...
- Intracameral Anaesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using minimally invasive techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to give you topical anesthetia with eyedrops and jelly during the surgery rather than injectable anesthetics before your procedure. In some cases, your comfort during ...
- Conscious Care Sedation
Conscious care sedation is a technique that minimizes pain and anxiety during minor surgical procedures while keeping you conscious, able to respond to verbal commands, and able to breathe without assistance. With conscious care sedation, your central nervous system is depressed using intraven ...
- How to Instill Eyedrops
Infections, inflammation, glaucoma, and many other eye disorders often are treated with medicated eyedrops. It is important to remember that all medicines can have side effects. Surprisingly, even the small amount of medication in an eyedrop can create significant side effects in other parts o ...
- Consent Forms
The following procedure-specific consent forms have been adapted from the consent forms that are available from the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company. http://www.omic.com/resources/risk_man/forms.cfm These forms are posted on our site for our patients to review prior to glaucoma or cataract l ...
- Vitrectomy Surgery
Vitrectomy is a type of eye surgery used to treat disorders of the retina (the light-sensing cells at the back of the eye) and vitreous (the clear gel-like substance inside the eye). It may be used to treat a severe eye injury, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments, macular pucker (wrinklin ...
- Phakic Intraocular Lenses
Many people today choose to correct their refractive errors with techniques other than wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses. Surgeries such as laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, or LASIK, can improve vision by permanently changing the shape of the cornea to redirect how light focuses on the ...
- Refractive Lens Exchange
Today, many people choose to correct their refractive errors with techniques other than wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses. Surgeries like laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, or LASIK, improve vision by permanently changing the shape of the cornea to redirect how light is focused on the re ...
- Bleb Care After Trabeculectomy
Trabeculectomy surgery for glaucoma results in the creation of a drainage “bubble” under the upper eyelid. Aqueous fluid flows from the eye into this bubble, which is called a bleb. The aqueous fluid is absorbed into tiny blood vessels, keeping eye pressure low. The bleb tissue is ...
- Topical Anesthesia
A topical anesthetic is one that is applied directly to the surface of your eye and affects only the area to which it is applied. Topical anesthesia is usually given in the form of eyedrops or gels, or applied with sponges to the surface of the eye. In some cases, if surgery time will be relativ ...
|
