Have you seen flashes of light moving around the eye infront of the retina. These are called Flashes which occurs when vitreous moves around in the eye. Diabetic retinopathy is also a big cause of Vitreo-Retina to occue which damages the blood vessels in the eye. We provide extensive eye care in the field of vitreo-retinal services with Vitrectomy Surgery where the surgeon will remove the vitreous from the retina.

Cataract develops mainly for elderly people but can also develop in children and adults. Cataract prohibits the eye to have a sharp image on the retina as the light passing through the lens gets scattered. As a result vision get blurred. A matured cataract can be threatening to the vision as it gets harder as compared to a soft cataract. The cataract should be surgically removed.

Glaucoma is primarily hereditary in nature and can develop in any age group, even though norms suggest it happens in elderly people than younger ones. It is a heterogeneous disorder which leads to progressive loss of mid-peripheral visual functionality and blindness. In simpler words, the aqueous humor is the eye’s drainage system. If the drainage system works properly, then fluid drains out and buildup is prevented. In cases of glaucoma, the drainage system becomes clogged and the intraocular fluid cannot drain, leading to pressure within the eye becoming higher. The high intraocular pressure damages the sensitive optic nerves and results in irreversible loss of vision. The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain and the nerve fibers from the retina. There are millions of nerves that run from the retina to the optic disk. When the fluid pressure increases to a point where it damages the nerve fibers, it begins to die.

Refractive surgery deals with common problems of the eye which are near sightedness (myopia), far sightedness (hyperopia). Every person having these kind of eye problems complaint that their near vision has become an issue as they have difficulty in reading or there are complaints that the farther vision gets blurred and people are unable to see far away things within a reasonable distance. These kind of issues needs to be treated to prevent further deterioration of the vision. LASIK is one of the state of the art surgery procedure to treat refractive errors. LASIK is the acronym for laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis. The name refers to the use of a laser to reshape the cornea without invading the neighboring cell layers. LASIK is currently the most commonly performed refractive surgery in the United States and in India.

Comprehensive Ophthalmology covers all discipline of general ophthalmology which covers cataract surgery, glaucoma, and retinal surgeries. Specialized procedures like phaco, LASIK, Glaucoma comes under comprehensive ophthalmology.