Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is the specialty that deals with all diseases related to the eyes and surrounding area. Ophthalmology uses various  means of treatment , medical, pharmaceutical and surgical techniques.

Surgeries / Specialty Procedures performed in the HPA Group

Anterior Segment:

• Cataract Surgery: Facoculsification with intraocular lens implant;
• Refractive Surgery: phakic lens implantation for correction of myopia, hypermetopia and astigmatism;
• Diagnostic biopsy of tumors of the conjunctivae;
• Pterygium Excision Surgery;
• Posterior capsulotomy with YAG laser ("Cleaning the Intra-ocular Lens").

Glaucoma:

• Aqueous humor drainage valve implantation;
• Oculoplastic and lachrymal pathways;
• Eyelid Rejuvenation (eyelid pouch surgery);
• Simple and complex excision of eyelid tumors;
• Surgical correction of incisive wounds;
• Surgery of eyelid pathology: Correction of ectropium and eyelid entropy.

Posterior Segment:

• Vitrectomy via Pars Plana for correction of the following pathologies:
  • Retinal detachment, Hemovitreo (vitreoretinal hemorrhage), dislocation of crystalline (cataract) to the posterior segment, intraocular lens dislocation to the posterior segment, Epiretinal Membrane, Macular Hole, Infectious Endophthalmitis, Retinal detachment related to proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Intravitreal injections of Lucentis and Ozurdex for treatment of DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA, and macular edema secondary to other retinal vascular diseases

Paediatric Ophthalmology:

• Screening for retinopathy in the premature infant;
• Strabismus surgery;
• Treatment of congenital lachrymal pathways occlusion (lacrimation due to obstruction of lachrymal pathways in the infant).

Medical Retina and Diabetic Retinopathy:

• Treatment with ARGON Laser of retinal lesions related to diabetes;
• Vitreo-retinal injections with  LUCENTIS and Ozurdex.

Related exams and technology

Anterior Segment:

• Pachymetry, keratometry, ocular biometry;
• Corneal topography: Pentacam;
• Previous Segment Ultrasound;
• Optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment. (Triton Topcon);
• Automatic tonometry;
• Surgical planning system and calculation of intraocular lenses: Verion.

Refraction and Pediatric Ophthalmology:

• Latest generation autorefractometers;
• Pediatric automatic autorefractometer;
• Skiascopy;
• Synoptophore.

Glaucoma and Neurophthalmology:

• Computor Perimetry;
• Goldman Campimetry;
• Optic Nerve Coherence Tomography: Triton Topcon Technology.

Posterior Segment:

• Angiography
• Angio OCT (Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography): Triton Topcon technology;
• Retinography with autofluorescence and redfree examination;
• High-resolution ultrasound of posterior segment.