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Can you have cataract and glaucoma surgery at the same time?
Can you have retinal and cataract surgery at the same time?
The basic answer is YES
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The Ophthalmology Team would suggest doing the combined surgeries, when the surgery outcome is the best way forward, to achieve the best results.
These are called “combined surgeries” and the surgery team at VE Medical frequently suggest this as the best option.
By Combining Surgeries in this way, there is only one visit to the operating theatre, and patient results have shown excellent outcomes at VE Medical.
CATARACT AND GLAUCOMA
When people with glaucoma get cataracts, it’s the perfect opportunity to treat both problems at once.
During cataract surgery, doctors can perform a simple, safe glaucoma procedure, so people get the clear vision they need, as well as control of intraocular pressure (IOP) … one of the symptoms of Glaucoma .
Cataract Surgery and the newer minimally invasive Glaucoma surgeries …. Combined
There are some newer glaucoma procedures that do not require as much cutting into the eye.
These procedures are called MIGS (Microinvasive or Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries). Many of these surgeries can be combined with cataract surgery for people with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma.
These procedures use the same incision, or small cut, to enter the eye that your surgeon uses to remove the cataract. Most MIGS surgeries move the trapped fluid from the eye by removing the blockage or bypassing it with a small tube or stent, or Ahmed valve implant.
These surgeries help lower eye pressure but may not lower it enough to stop all glaucoma medications.
HFDS (High Frequency Deep Sclerotomy Surgery) can also be performed at Vision Express Medical for releasing intraocular pressure from Glaucoma, and in the same operating room procedure a cataractous lens extraction and replacement with an intraocular lens insertion can be performed.
The HFDS surgery uses a special probe with the Oertli Equipment in the operating theatre.
Vision Express Medical, at Orange Grove plaza are presently the only Eye Surgery Centre in the Caribbean performing this surgery.
Retinal surgery combined with Cataract surgery
Both cataract surgery and vitrectomy surgery can be performed together as a combined surgery.
Technically, there are a few additional considerations during the surgery, but this is now a commonplace operation, performed at Vision Express Medical, by vitreoretinal surgeons who have also been trained fully in cataract surgery.
When two different surgeries are done on an eye at the same sitting, they are commonly referred to as combined surgery. For example cataract and vitrectomy …
Most patients who require vitrectomy surgery, for diseases like macula hole, epiretinal membrane andretinal detachment, are aged more than 50 years old. By that age, most of us would have some cataract in our eyes.
Combining vitrectomy and cataract surgery delivers good results and is safe and effective.
Once the Surgery Team at VE Medical have performed a full diagnosis, they will advise if a “Combined Surgery” is the best option to improve your Vision.
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Testimonials
"I got my cataract surgery at VE Medical in Saint Lucia. The team took great care of me from start to finish. Very lovely people."
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Ms Caroline Casimir was successfully with cataract and retinal surgery in both eyes."The team at Vision Express are very caring and capable of doing what they do."
Ms. Caroline Casimir
Ms Dorothy Henry has undergone CATARACT SURGERY in both eyes. She was delighted with the service and was very thankful of the team of nurses and doctors.
Ms Dorothy Henry