RUSHABH EYE HOSPITAL AND LASER CENTER: Cataract

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Today, Cataract Surgery is the most common & successfully performed surgical procedure in India.

What is Cataract...

Cataract is not caused by eye strain or reading too much, but is a result of aeging, injury, steroid use, exposure to UV light, smoking & diabetes.Almost every person develops cataract changes as the eye ages. It is a normal process of eye ageing.

Just behind the pupil of the eye is the lens. This focuses the light entering the pupil to make a clear image in the retina. The retina changes the image into a nerve impulse so that the brain can "see" it.Usually the lens of the eye is crystal clear so that light passes through it easily.
If any cloudiness develops in the lens then it starts to block the light passing through and the patient begins to get blurred vision.
This clouding of lens is called CATARACT. When the blurring gets worse it is better to have the cloudy lens removed by an operation and replaced by a clear artificial lens.

Symptoms of Cataract

Cloudy, fuzzy, foggy or filmy vision. Making daily activities like reading difficulty.
Colours appear dull and faded.
Problems driving at night because headlights seem too bright.
Problems with glare from lamps or the sun.

The only treatment option available for Cataract today is surgery.
Cataract surgery can be very safely performed in patients with Diabetes and or Glaucoma.

Surgical line of treatment: Phacoemulsification

The most advanced Cataract Surgery called phacoemulsification is a safe and straight forward process.It is performed without sutures through a micro incision in the eye and takes 7 to 15 minutes.

No discomfort is experienced during & none or minimal after the procedure. These are the benefits of the surgery today.

Baush & Lomb Stellaris Phacoemulsification Systems

In Phaco surgery, a small ultrasonic probe is inserted into the eye.This probe breaks(emulsifies) the cloudy lens into tiny pieces and gently wash it out. This Cataractous lens is then replaced with a clear man-made lens.The new lens is inserted in the eye and it opens up like a flower. No stitches are used and the incision is self healing. Phaco requires a small incision of only 2.6 millimeters or less.
This technique is the most successful method of restoring vision following cataract surgery.

Advantages of "No Stitch" Phaco Surgery:

Does not require stitches.
Very Short Healing time up to 4-5 days only.
Chances of infection are minimal.

Types of IOL (Intra Ocular Lens):

Once the Cataract is removed, a permanent, artificial lens, called an intraocular lens or IOL is implanted.
There are two types of IOL available; non-foldable & foldable.

Non-foldable IOL: Are made of a hard plastic material, are bigger in size & bigger incision is needed to insert them.
Foldable Lenses IOL: Are made of soft acrylic material. Patients who undergo Cataract surgery now also have option for 'upgrades' for intraocular lenses that have never been available in past. Foldable Lenses(IOL): Are either Monofocal or Multifocal

Monofocal IOL: Are designed to provide patients with enchanced distance vision but typically patients still require the use of glasses for near vision. A monofocal lens implant can fix your vision for one distance only. The implant can not change shape like your original lens. Thus, the patient has no ability to focus in or out and the patient will often be dependent on progressive bifocals for near vision
Multifocal IOL: Are designed to provide patients who have a strong desire for greater independence from glasses with multifunctional vision. A multifocal intraocular lens has both distance and near focal points. 80% of patients who get these lenses will never need glasses for any activity. Of those 20% of patients who need glasses for certain activities, 95% say that they would still get the bifocal lens because it gives them good vision for most activities at distance or near.

Post Cataract Care:

You will be permitted to go home within 2 hours after cataract surgery. The eye drops are started after the dressing in the evening or next morning.

Ther is no diet restriction.
Playing with children is to be avoided for a few days.
Do not rub the eye with hand or handkerchief.Use only tissues which can be used and thrown away. This prevents infection.
Head bath is permitted after 3 days of surgery.
The eyes should be kept clean after surgery, they should be wiped with cotton dipped in boiled and cooled water.
Hands should be washed with soap and water before putting the eye drops.
All activities at home are allowed after 2 days, including reading, writing, watching TV, cooking and taking an evening walk in non crowded areas.

Why at Rushabh...

Rushabh is a multispeciality eye hospital & offers the best services in eye care,services offered are:

Cataract Services: By Phacoemulsification with Stelaris Baush & Lomb state of art machine foldable lens implantation.
Corneal Services: The facility offers corneal transplantation
Glaucoma Services: The Center is equipped with instruments like gonioscope, application tonometer, pachymeter(for central thickness) and state of art Humpry's visual fields analyzer-HFA 450 I with facility for blue on yellow perimeter.(This detects Glaucoma at very early stage.)
Retinal Services: The hospital has facilities of Retinal angiography, OCT and retinal Lasers to detect and treat conditions like diabetic retinopathy, age related degeneration and other retinal vascular conditions at early stage.
The Center is also equipped with following Lasers:

                  a. Yag Laser
                   b. Green Laser
                    c. Excimer Laser

The center has VISX-STAR 4 Excimer laser system with B & L Topographer and Wave scan system for customized Lasik procedures.   The machine can safely remove spectacle numbers from +4.0 to -14.0 and is also capable of treating high cylindrical numbers(astigmatism)