Ophthalmology

Our department houses technologies that aid our skilled physicians diagnose and treat even complex cases and perform advanced surgery, including precise cataract and refractive surgeries. We have the following revolutionary devices and advanced ophthalmic technologies that help our skilled team provide better patient experiences and treatment outcomes: 

• LenSx femtosecond laser: A highly precise, reliable, and reproducible alternative for certain challenging and critical steps of cataract surgery that are performed manually in the traditional procedure, contributing to enhanced surgical outcomes. 

  Features: 

  • Accuracy: Enables precise and reliable capsulotomies and accurate self-sealing incisions.
  • Customisable: Enables the customisation of the approach to treat each patient.
  • Fast: Facilitates faster patient positioning, imaging, laser treatment, and docking than other traditional methods.
  • Safe: Uses 43% less energy and leads to faster rehabilitation in patients with hard cataracts owing to less endothelial cell damage. 

• LipiFlow: This device is helpful for treating dry eye disease by warming and massaging the inside of the eyelids to restore healthy oil production and improve tear quality.  

  Features: 

  • Quick procedure: Done in just 12 minutes.
  • Tolerable: Safer and less painful than the traditional method of clearing blockages in the meibomian glands by physically squeezing the eyelid.
  • Immediately noticeable results: Immediate improvement in symptoms; optimal results are generally noticed in 6–8 weeks. 

• Myopia Master: This is an efficient device that detects myopia in children at a very early stage. It is the first all-in-one device that simultaneously measures refraction, axial length, and keratometry (the three most important myopia-related parameters) in just 2 minutes. The procedure is also contactless and completely painless. 

  Features: 

  • Early identification: Facilitates early myopia detection and management.
  • All-in-one device: Facilitates the simultaneous measurement of refraction, axial length, and keratometry.
  • Quick and non-invasive procedure: Total testing time of just 2 minutes! 

• Verion image-guided system: This device is particularly useful for planning surgery with premium IOLs like toric and trifocal lenses. It seamlessly integrates with surgical microscopes and LenSx laser systems, providing surgeons with a real-time reference image for accurate and efficient cataract surgery. 

  Features: 

  • Precise: Improved accuracy and low potential for errors.
  • Customisable: Creates a personalised blueprint of the procedure to optimise the results for each patient. 

• Pentacam AXL Wave and Corvis ST: The combination of these two devices is effective in diagnosing corneal disorders, evaluating corneal biomechanics, and guiding treatment decisions. The Pentacam AXL Wave enables the surgeons to decide the treatment, while the Corvis ST enables them to determine the safety of the treatment. 

  Features: 

  • Preoperative and postoperative benefits: Performs optical biometry and IOL power calculations, identifies high-order irregularities in the shape of the cornea or lens that can cause blurry or distorted vision), evaluates IOL position and inclination, and checks postoperative visual performance.
  • Comprehensive and time-saving: Provides different sets of data for each patient, saving time for both the doctor and the patient. 

• Other Technologies/Equipment:
  • Keratograph 5M: An advanced corneal topographer with a built-in real keratometer and a colour camera optimised for external imaging that helps perform tear film analysis.
  • Autorefractometer and phoropter: Devices for measuring refractive error and determining the eyeglass prescription.
  • Specular microscope: A tool used to visualise and analyse the corneal endothelium.
  • Nd:YAG laser: A tool used to treat secondary cataract and angle-closure glaucoma.
  • Green laser: A tool used to treat diabetic retinopathy, retinal tears, and central serous chorioretinopathy.
  • Portable non-mydriatic fundus camera: An electrically powered optical device for capturing images of the central retina without dilating the pupil.
  • Non-contact tonometer: A tool for measuring the intraocular pressure.
  • Humphrey field analyser: A tool used to measure visual field and to diagnose and monitor conditions, such as glaucoma and brain lesions.
  • Synaptophore: A device used by orthoptists to diagnose and treat eye muscle imbalance and binocular vision disorders.
  • Portable slit lamp: A device used for anterior segment imaging, disease screening, and diagnosis.
  • Zeiss ophthalmic surgical microscope: A device used for performing anterior and posterior segment ocular surgeries.
  • Alcon’s CENTURION phacoemulsification machine: A device used for performing phacoemulsification cataract surgery with enhanced stability and efficiency.
  • Laser indirect ophthalmoscope: A tool used for treating retinopathy of prematurity and peripheral retinal degeneration.  

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