Amritsar Eye Clinic conducts no-cost cataract operations AEC conducted its 5th annual free cataract surgery camp at Haridwar on 5 dec 2010.This free eye camp serves people residing in Haridwar and the surrounding villages which due to financial constraints and lack of medical facilities often lead a life of blindness caused by cataracts and other eye diseases which are otherwise treatable. The free eye camp activities included check up of patients, free distribution of medicines, screening of cataract patients and no-cost cataract operation on 12 dec and 19 dec 2010. A total of 50 patients were operated for cataract at Amritsar Eye Clinic with latest IOL implants and with the latest and the safest phacoemulsification technique.

Continuing with our efforts in providing quality eye care, Amritsar Eye Clinic announces the use of Microkeratome : One-Use Plus SBK in thin flap LASIK surgery. Thin flap LASIK involves the creation of a thin flap, 90-100, in thickness in contrast to a conventional LASIK flap varying from, 120-180

The advantages of SBK (Sub – Epithelial Keratomileusis) include

• Faster Visual Recovery
• Better Quality of Vision
• Better Contrast Sensitivity
• Fewer Complications such as Lens glare, Halos
• Less Incidence of Post-operative dry-eye

At the ESCRS 2009 in Barcelona, Oertli Instruments AG showed its new surgical platform faros for the first time ever. Every good surgeon would love to work on Orteli faros platform. And we are proud to announce our brand new surgical platform named faros allowing efficient lens removal and perfect chamber stability.

In this decade more cases of Keratoconus, Post refractive ectasia, Irregular cornea and many more are being reported. This is in part due to better diagnostic sensitivity, especially with the increasing use of corneal topographs/pentacam in routine clinical practice.

Amritsar Eye Clinic has introduced ICL (Implantable Contact Lens) in June 2010. Since then we have been operating our clients suitable for ICL, with good results and great success.

Amritsar Eye Clinic introduces Implantable Contact Lens (ICL). (A Non-Laser Alternative) The ICL is made of a biocompatible material called collamer. This means that the eye happily accepts it without reacting to it. Because ICL is tiny and soft it can be folded up so small that, it can be injected into the eye through a tiny incision. Once injected, the ICL unfolds in between the iris and the natural lens of your eye and there it stays, correcting the eyesight without any further treatment being necessary.

The principal indication for use of ICL is the correction of myopia or myopic astigmatism beyond the range of LASIK correction (ie, generally for myopic errors of -8.00 D or greater) but these lenses can also be useful in a number of other situations including correction of myopia or myopic astigmatism in eyes with less than -8.00 D error that are for some reason contraindicated for LASIK.

Amritsar Eye clinic is the first in Dehradun to introduce ICL .Dr Dinesh Sharma states that the majority of patients are found to be suitable for laser vision correction but there are a small percentage of people who are unsuitable candidates due to various reasons such as their prescription falling outside the recommended parameters or their corneas being too thin. For such patients who are not the candidate for LASIK, there is a non-laser alternative called Implantable Contact Lens (ICL). Dr Sharma further adds that ICL is capable of correcting the most common vision disorders as well as those disorders where conventional laser treatment may not be advisable.

Implanting the ICL is an outpatient procedure and takes about 15 to 30 minutes in total. A few hours after surgery, you will be able to leave the clinic accompanied by a friend or relative.