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Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty (ALT) for Glaucoma
This laser treatment fixes the drainage canals around the outer edge of the iris. It helps them drain more fluid from your eye so harmful pressure doesn't build up.
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Cataract Removal (Extracapsular Cataract Extraction Method)
This surgery is used to remove a cataract. During the procedure, the cloudy lens in your eye is replaced with an artificial lens that will let you see clearly. This procedure is quick, painless, and you can go home the same day.
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Cataract Removal (Phacoemulsification Method)
This surgery is used to remove a cataract. During the procedure, the cloudy lens in your eye is replaced with an artificial lens that will let you see clearly. This procedure is sometimes called "no-needle, no-stitch" cataract surgery. It's quick, painless, and you can go home the same day.
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Conductive Keratoplasty (CK)
CK is an in-office procedure designed to aid people over age 40 who have good distance vision but now have trouble seeing up close for reading and other near tasks (a condition called presbyopia). Less commonly, CK can also be used to correct farsightedness (hyperopia). The procedure lasts about three minutes.
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Cornea Transplant (Penetrating Keratoplasty; PK)
This procedure repairs a damaged cornea. The cornea is the clear, outer surface of the eye that lets light enter the pupil. During this surgery, a portion of your damaged cornea is replaced with healthy corneal tissue taken from a donor.
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Diabetes Eye Exam
Diabetes can damage blood vessels throughout your body. When this happens to the blood vessels in your eye, you begin to lose vision. This happens slowly. You may not realize it until it's too late. But with regular eye exams, we can catch this problem early.
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Eye Exam
Regular eye exams help us find vision problems. And they let us see how your eyes are changing over time. Let's learn about what happens at an eye exam.
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Glaucoma Laser Treatment: ALT
This outpatient procedure is designed to reduce excess fluid pressure in the eye caused by glaucoma. A laser is used to treat the trabecular meshwork, the area of the eye responsible for fluid drainage. The procedure is usually completed within 10 minutes.
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Glaucoma Laser Treatment: CPC
This outpatient procedure is designed to reduce excess fluid pressure in the eye caused by glaucoma. It does this by reducing the production of aqueous humor, a clear fluid in the eye.
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How to Put in Eye Drops
Many people have trouble getting eye drops into their eyes. It can be kind of tricky. But with some practice, it isn't really hard to do. Let's learn how.
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Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs)
An ICL is an artificial lens implanted in your eye. It works with your eye's natural lens. It helps people who can see near objects clearly, but who have poor distance vision. We call that "nearsightedness." With ICLs, you can have clear distance vision without wearing glasses or contact lenses.
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Intraocular Lenses (IOLs)
An IOL is a tiny artificial lens that replaces your eye's natural lens. Most are made of silicone or acrylic. They treat poor eyesight caused by cataracts and other problems. There are different lenses for different needs. Let's look at a few types.
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Intravitreal Injection
This injection delivers medicine into the back of your eyeball. It treats certain eye disorders. Often, it's used to get medicine to your retina. It's a simple procedure that can be done in your doctor's office.
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Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI)
This surgery creates a small hole in the iris (the colored part of your eye). That helps fluid drain from your eye's rear chamber. It relieves the harmful pressure of glaucoma.
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Laser Photocoagulation
This procedure uses a laser to treat the inside of your eye. It can shrink or destroy abnormal tissues and blood vessels. It can also create tiny spots of scar tissue to repair a detached retina.
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LASIK Eye Surgery
This improves vision by reshaping your eye's cornea. That's the clear outer layer at the front of your eye. LASIK can treat nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
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LASIK Eye Surgery (CustomVue Laser System)
This improves vision by reshaping your eye's cornea. That's the clear outer layer at the front of your eye. The CustomVue method uses a special computer-controlled laser system. It ensures the reshaping is customized specifically for your eye.
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Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for Wet AMD
This is a treatment for a form of age-related macular degeneration called "wet AMD." This treatment seals leaky blood vessels in your retina. It can help prevent further vision loss.
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Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) Laser Eye Surgery
This improves vision by reshaping the surface of your eye's cornea. That's the clear outer layer at the front of your eye. PRK can treat nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
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Pneumatic Retinopexy
This outpatient procedure is most commonly used to treat a detached retina on the upper half of the eye.
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Refractive Lens Exchange (Clear Lens Exchange)
This is a surgery to improve your vision. It's typically used for people over age 40 who have very poor eyesight because of the way their eyes focus light. It can help if you have trouble seeing things up close or far away. Unlike LASIK, which reshapes your cornea, this surgery replaces the lens inside your eye. This procedure is quick, painless, and you can go home the same day.
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Scleral Buckling
This surgery stabilizes a detached retina. It uses a band to hold your retina in place.
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Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
This surgery treats the drainage canals around the iris. It helps fluid drain from your eye's front chamber. That relieves the harmful pressure of glaucoma.
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Sutureless Corneal Transplant (DSAEK)
This surgery corrects cloudy vision. It replaces a layer of damaged cells in the front of your eye with healthy tissue from a donor.
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Tube-Shunt Surgery
This surgery puts a small, soft tube and drainage device into your eye. It helps excess fluid drain out of your eye. It's most commonly used to prevent harmful pressure buildup in people who have glaucoma.
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Vitrectomy
This procedure removes the vitreous humor (the thick, jelly-like fluid in the eye's rear chamber). Vitrectomy is used to treat a variety of eye problems, most commonly when the vitreous humor has grown cloudy or has filled with blood from a hemorrhage. Vitrectomy is performed in an operating room under local or general anesthesia. It usually takes one to two hours to complete.
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YAG Laser Capsulotomy
This procedure corrects a cloudy lens capsule that may develop after cataract surgery. The condition is known as "after cataract," "secondary cataract" or "posterior capsular opacification." This treatment is painless. It takes only a few minutes to perform.