Surgery is necessary in those situations in which medicines and laser surgery are not adequate to sufficiently control the intraocular pressure. When an ophthalmologist decides that there is a risk for further advance of the disease despite current treatment, he is likely to recommend surgical intervention. Of all the existing surgeries performed to treat glaucoma, […]
Surgery for Glaucoma- Introduction Read More »
Both cataract and glaucoma surgeries are preformed in our dedicated ophthalmology operating rooms at the Rambam Health Care Campus. From the photos below you can get a glimpse of what an operating room looks like, and learn a little about the atmosphere and make-up of our operating rooms. Showing these photos is not just about curiosity. Knowing what
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Many patients ask their ophthalmologists if cataract surgery is considered difficult. My answer is: “it depends for whom”. For the surgeon performing the surgery, it is a delicate and precise procedure which requires intense concentration and experience. However, for the patient, the surgery is quite simple. The patient lies on a bed in the operating room and
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Cataract surgery is perhaps the most common type of surgery preformed today. This surgery demonstrates a very high level of safety when compared to almost any other surgery performed. If we were to pool and analyze a very large number of surgeries performed, perhaps a hundreds thousand cataract surgeries done, we could calculate the average
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Following glaucoma and cataract surgery, the operated patient will be informed that the surgery has been successfully completed, and with the assistance of a nurse will leave the operating room. The patient will then be transferred to a room in which he/she will stay for a short period of time (say, an hour) for observation. Assuming
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