Glaucoma

Glaucoma invokes a lot of dread in everyone when diagnosed, but it need not be so.

Glaucoma is a silent insidous disease which does cause irreversible sight loss and has almost no symptoms. It is usually picked up as a chance finding in a routine eye exam. It is important to be very thorough with the exam and have access to technology to aid the diagnosis.

Our Clinic offers State of the art equipment for the diagnosis, screening, follow up management and treatment of glaucoma.

Risk assessment and screening of this ailment is done using some of the best instruments available in the world today.

Read more….What is Glaucoma?

Octopus Perimeter

Cirrus 5000 by Carl Zeiss

An Indispensable tool for Glaucoma Diagnosis. It provides a detailed CT Scan of the Optic Nerve, Ganglion Cell Layer and the Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer. Also does an accurate Pachymetry for corrected Intra Ocular Pressure Measurements.

Angle assessment

Anterion Swept Source for Angle Assessment

To accurately diagnose Narrow or Closed Angle Glaucoma - The Anterion Swept Source OCT allows for a detailed examination of the angle with accurate measurements. This enables quick decision making and accurate treatment modalities to be instituted.

YAG Laser by NIDEK

For doing and accurate and painless YAG Peripheral Iridotomy ( PI) in cases of narrow angle glaucoma

Fundus Imaging by Clarus 700

The Clarus 700 by Carl Zeiss allows us to clearly see the details of the Optic Nerve and to monitor the progression in Glaucoma Patients