OPHTHALMIC SURGERY PROCEDURES:
Ophthalmology is a branch of medical science deals with the problems, diseases and irregularities of eyes. It is a medical as well as surgical specialty concerned with the eyes, eye site disorders, diseases and aliments of the surrounding area of eyes like lacrimal system and eyelids. The specialist of eyes medical and surgical diseases and disorders of eyes called ophthalmologist. There are many operative diseases in the field of ophthalmology like contract surgery, cornea transplant, strabismus surgery and many others.
Here are some of the important and common operative procedures of the field of ophthalmology. The transparent lens in the eyes with cornea controls the direction of the light (refract light) to be focused on retina. That makes the image Sharpe and clear. Contract surgery is performed to those who have cloudiness in eyes transparent lens due to aging, trauma or some disease, it disturbs the direction of light and the cloudy image is formed on retina. And if cloudiness is of the serious nature surgical removal and replacement of the lens with the plastic intraocular lens is the medical solution. Contract extraction surgery is the most common operative procedure in the field of ophthalmology. Corneal transplant is kind of surgical process to deal with the disorders of eye sight. Cornea is a tissue that provides the focusing power to eyes along with the lens. Swollen and scarred cornea disturbs the clearness of the vision. Medication is the treatment at the early stages but when the operation becomes inevitable ophthalmologist transplants the damage tissue with the healthy tissues donated by some other human cornea. There are risks involved, it happens sometimes when recipient cornea don’t accept the donated tissues. But drugs are available to control the rejection. However transplanted tissue helps patient to regain the normal and healthy function of cornea, and risks can be managed by proper planning. There are several other surgical procedures for cornea, eyelid surgeries, eye muscle surgeries, retinal surgeries, refractive surgeries, lacrimal and aculoplastic surgeries are available in the field of ophthalmology.
ORHTHALMIC SURGERY IN MALAYSIA:
As eye is a sensitive part of human body ophthalmology is the sensitive and complex branch of medical. Medical tourism industry has given many benefits to the world as well as medical field. Most complicated ophthalmic surgeries are now available to the world through medical tourism. With the western countries Asia is also growing in the field of medical tourism for eyes surgeries. Procedures for eyes surgeries are available in the region of Asia Thailand, India, Malaysia and Singapore is some of the countries that are facilitating the patients for eyes treatments and surgeries quite successfully.
Malaysia is rapidly growing country in the field of medical. Eye treatments like laser eyes treatments and operative surgical treatments are available in Malaysia. Malaysia has hospital that meet the international standard of eye care and health. Ophthalmologists are experienced and true professionals in Malaysia. www.wellnessvisit.com facilitates overseas patients to come to Malaysia for advance eye treatments, connects you with the top ophthalmologist and also guides you about the treatment procedures you are going through. Malaysia is a cheap destination if we compare it with the western countries, but there is no great difference in technological advance, modern procedures and eye care facilities between Malaysia and western countries. Malaysia is an affordable and advance destination of ophthalmic surgerie
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By: farra
Archive for September, 2009
EYE/ OPHTHALMIC SURGERY PROCEDURES
September 30th, 2009How to Choose an Ophthalmologist
September 27th, 2009We all want to find the best doctor available to us when we have a medical problem of any kind. But, what does this really mean? The bottom line is that the best doctor for you is the one who is the most qualified to help you and treat your condition while making you feel the most comfortable.
Unfortunately, there are no official systems in place for finding and rating physicians. The best thing for you to do is to research your prospective doctors and do your homework to find out as much as you can about them before you ever even set up an appointment to meet with them. Here are some points you need to concern yourself with when searching for the right ophthalmologist to best suit your needs.
What is an ophthalmologist compared to other eye doctors?
An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor who specializes in the medical and surgical care and treatment of conditions and diseases of the eye. Some ophthalmologists also provide general vision care services which include prescribing eyeglasses and contact lenses. The ophthalmologist is the only eye doctor that is also a medical doctor and is board-certified.
Training and education for an ophthalmologist
Training to become a skilled ophthalmologist is strenuous and requires dedication and determination on the part of the doctor to be. The more knowledge and experience an ophthalmologist has, the better they are capable of helping their patients in every way possible. Training includes a minimum of:
• Four years of medical school (post undergraduate college)
• A one year internship in general medicine (typically at a hospital)
• A three year residency in ophthalmology at an accredited teaching program
Often, ophthalmologists choose to complete 1-2 additional years of fellowship training which focuses on a particular area of eye care.
What is board certification?
Board-certification means that the doctor has taken and passed examinations covering every aspect of surgical and medical eye care. This additional education is difficult and grueling and is completely voluntary on the part of the ophthalmologist. Therefore, a board-certified ophthalmologist who has completed every possible educational task available to them in an effort to provide the best care possible to their patients is the best choice for you. Questions to ask when choosing an ophthalmologist may include:
• Are you board-certified?
• What are your qualifications?
• What is your experience?
• What services do you offer?
• What do current and past patients say about you?
• How long have you been performing surgeries and what surgeries have you performed?
• What percentage of your patients receives 20/20 vision after surgery?
• Will you be managing my pre- and post-operative care?
• Is your laser equipment FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved?
It is also wise to talk to former and current patients privately if possible and look into the history to find any malpractice claims against the ophthalmologist or if their license has ever been revoked, suspended or restricted.
Choosing an ophthalmologist is a very personal choice that only you can effectively make for yourself. Take the time to do your research thoroughly before choosing anyone. Expect your chosen surgeon to have taken a lot of time to perfect their skills before performing surgery on you.
By: Patricia Woloch
Eye Diagnostics – a New Way to Capture Color Retinal Images
September 26th, 2009Monitoring and treatment of eye diseases with a potential to cause blindness can be challenging. However, with new advances in research, scientists may have just developed an effective means of taking high quality color photographs of eye inflammation with the help of diagnostic equipment
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Recently, scientists made a headway by taking high quality color photographs of the clinical stages of ocular inflammation in mice, using what they call “Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging (TEFI).” And it seems that mice are just the beginning, soon humans could replace the mice, and for the better.
How TEFI would help?
Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging or (TEFI), makes use of an endoscope (the good old diagnostic equipment) along with parallel illumination and observation channels connected to a digital camera to capture images eye images. The development of this technique is attributed to Michel Paques, et al.
In the new study a team researchers from the University of Bristol’s Academic Unit of Ophthalmology tracked the changes in the mice retina, and the best part was that it didn’t cause distress to the animals or was there a need administer anesthesia to the patients (mice, in this case). Quite a painkiller find!
The paper was published in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science in the Research Paper titled “The Clinical Time-Course of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis Using Topical Endoscopic Fundal Imaging with Histologic and Cellular Infiltrate Correlation.”
According to experts, TEFI would enable monitoring of clinical disease quickly and in a non-invasive fashion. And based on the clinical observations, the investigators will be able to design experimental protocols. In addition, this new technique also paves the way to detect changes in the eye that were previously undetectable.
At the same time, while TEFI along with other histological methods does enable observation of clinical features and severity of disease, in order to gather information about the dynamics, phenotype, function, etc – a detailed analysis of cell populations during different stages of disease as it progresses might be needed.
By: Fredclay
