Treatments
Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery is usually performed under local anesthesia with drops.
- Success rate of up to 99%
- Does not require the patient to stay in the hospital
Collagen Cross Linking
It is an invasive surgical technique developed in the last decade to treat keratoconus.
- Performed in the operating room
- Under local anesthesia using eyedrops
- Τreatment is relatively painless
Intravitreal injections
Treat various diseases such as:
- Aging Macular Degeneration, liquid form
- Diabetic macular edema
- Central Venous Thrombosis or Branch Venous Thrombosis with Macular edema
- Pseudococcal macular edema
- Inflammations of the eye
Laser Photocoagulation
Laser photocoagulation creates heat burn in the retina with the help of light entering the eye
Procedure:
- Process is simple
- A special lens is placed in the eye
- Treatment lasts a few minutes
Refractive Surgery
This type of surgery uses laser on the eye to adjust the focus so that the patient can see clearly without prescription glasses or contact lenses.
Popular & important laser refractive techniques
- PRK (Photo Refractive Keratectomy)
- LASIK με femtosecond laser (Femto-LASIK: Z-LASIK)