What Are Different Types of Eye Surgery?

by Ravish Kumar Khinkhwab |Essence of Banaras

There are many types of eye surgery that can be performed in an eye clinic. There are cosmetic types of surgery such as correcting farsightedness for example and the ones that are necessary for preventing you from losing your eyesight. Having in mind that eyes are responsible for one of the most important senses, that is vision, having regular checkups can prevent any bigger issues you may have with your eyes. Eye specialist in Dubai can give you a thorough eye checkup to see if there are any abnormalities or changes that require treatment or surgeries. From a variety of issues there are a variety of eye surgeries from simple Lasik eye surgery to more complicated and extensive ones requiring different types of eye surgery from an eye clinic.

Here are 6 different types of eye surgery:

Cataract surgery

Cataract is a common eye disease. It can be congenital, acquired or most commonly age related. A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of your eye. When your vision becomes cloudy, or blurry, colors look faded, when lamps and sunlight seem too bright it is time to visit an eye clinic and talk to an eye specialist in Dubai to help you with your problem. There are a few types of cataract:

Subcapsular cataract

Nuclear cataract

Cortial cataract

Cataracts can have different types of treatment but they are mainly treated by surgery. If cataract is not severe, using glasses or other visual aids can be helpful. When cataract is more progressed surgery is the only option. Cataract surgery involves removing defective lens of the eye and replacing it with an artificial lens, also called intraocular lens, or IOL. The surgery can be done by phacoemulsification technique or extracapsular surgery. Phacoemulsification is the most common option, it is done by taking a small incision on the side of the cornea, then ultrasound device is inserted and ultrasound waves or laser break up the cataract into small pieces and a suction device vacuums the pieces out of the eye. Extracapsular surgery is more complex, requires bigger incisions but the cataract is taken out in one piece which is less stressful on the eye.

Both types use numbing eye cream or eye drops to numb the area for the procedure.

Having an extensive checkup at an eye clinic, an eye specialist in Dubai can recommend the best option for your eye problem.

Lasik eye surgery

LASIK eye surgery is the simplest and most popular eye surgery, it is used for corrective eye issues. It is used to improve vision in people with refractive eye errors such as farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism. LASIK stands for Laser-Assited in Situ Keratomileusis. Eye Lasik surgery can be an alternative for glasses or contact lenses, but unlike glasses and contact lenses being temporary solutions, LASIK surgery provides permanent correction and helps you live life freely and stress free. LASIK Dubai specialists use this type of surgery to reshape underlying corneal tissue to focus light into the eye in order to reach the retina. Dubai LASIK surgeons create a flap in corneal epithelium and reshape the cornea and alter its power according to the refractive error. Then they reposition the cornea and leave it to heal on its own. This surgery lasts very short, it requires eye drops for anaesthesia and then most people can go about their day, although it is advised to wait a few days or weeks from heavy activities.

Cornea transplant surgery

Cornea is the transparent part of the eye. To see clearly light rays have to be focused on the retina by cornea. If the cornea is damaged it can change shape and become less transparent. Corneal transplantation is a surgical procedure where donor corneal tissue replaces your own, partially or fully depending on your cornea damage. Thorough eye checkups with eye specialist in Dubai will help with your cornea problem and decide if or what type of cornea transplant you need.

Glaucoma surgery

Glaucoma is an eye disease which can cause loss of your vision or blindness. The nerve in the back of your eye- optic nerve is damaged and the pressure in the eye rises due to impossibility of liquid drainage which is caused by cells behind the iris that can’t drain away properly. Visiting an eye clinic for regular checkups can help detect glaucoma in early stages, hence being treated more easily in that early stage. Glaucoma can’t be cured, but it can be controlled. They say that glaucoma is a silent vision thief and as such it is very important to be caught in its early stages.

Treatments of glaucoma include surgery, and there are several types of glaucoma surgeries:

Trabeculectomy

This type of surgery requires an operating room, where the eye surgeon creates a tiny flap in the sclera. Eye specialist in Dubai then will create a bubble in conjunctiva which is called filtration bleb, the liquid will be able to drain out of the eye through the flap into the bleb and the liquid gets absorbed by a tissue around the eye, which results in lowering eye pressure.

Trabeculoplasty

This surgery is for people with open-angle glaucoma where the eye surgeon uses laser to make drainage angle work better and therefore liquid flows out properly lowering the eye pressure.

Drainage implants

Ophtamologists implant a drainage tube in the eye, and glaucoma drainage implant sends liquid to a reservoir which is created beneath conjunctiva. The liquid is later absorbed by blood vessels nearby.

Iridotomy

Eye surgeons perform this type of surgery on people with angle-closure glaucoma, where laser crates a tiny hole in the iris and the hole helps liquid flow to the drainage angle.

Cyclocryotherapy

This is a procedure that uses extreme low temperatures to destroy the ciliary body, which is an organ in the anterior chamber of the eye behind the iris, which produces aqueous liquid. Destroying the ciliary body partially, it lowers intraocular pressure which results in liquid fluid decreasing and controlling glaucoma.

Oculoplastic surgery

This type of eye surgery is dealing with reconstruction of the eye appearance and its attaching tissues and structures.

Most commonly surgeries are:

Blepharoplasty

Blepharoplasty deals with eyelid reconstruction due to cosmetical needs when the eyelids are drooping or medical needs when they are not shutting properly.

Tear duct reconstruction

This surgery includes repairing tear duct obstruction.

Facial rejuvenation

Even if it might not seem like it belongs in the category it certainly does, because it involves eye lift, skin resurfacing, brow lifts and excision of the xanthelasma.

Retinal surgery

Retina is the most important part of our eye. It is the part that receives the final image and it is directly connected to the optic nerve that sends the image to our brain for processing. If the retina is damaged our vision is affected immediately. Retinal tear, retinal detachment and diabetic retinopathy are the most common retina diseases.

Retinal surgery involves restoring the retina’s function and position, putting it back and securing it to its supportive tissues to prevent fluid accumulation, more detachment or degeneration.

If you happen to feel any kind of discomfort in your eye, any kind of vision impairment you must visit an eye clinic and get checked up by an eye specialist. Early diagnosis of eye problems can lead to preventing you from losing your sight completely. Simple and quick LASIK eye surgery may be just what you need, and LASIK Dubai eye specialists can help you restore and control your vision.