Other Services
The cornea is the clear curved window at the front of the eye. It can be seen if one views the eye from the side. Many diseases affect this structure and AAEC provides assessment and treatment for these conditions. Some commoner examples are mentioned below.
AAEC provides services to adult eye patients and some of the services are described below.
Management of Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a very common eye disease. Damage is caused to the optic nerve (connecting the eye to the brain) usually by high pressure inside the eye.
What can we do about this? The eye doctors at AAEC can assess, diagnose and treat this disease, usually by starting long-term treatment with drops
What can we do about this?
The eye doctors at AAEC can assess, diagnose and treat this disease, usually by starting long-term treatment with drops.
Pterygium Surgery
Pterygium is a disease of the outer lining of the white of eye (the conjunctiva) and the cornea. Tissue from the conjunctiva grows across the cornea causing discomfort and pain and eventually threatening vision.
What can we do about this?
In more severe cases the eye surgeons at AAEC can remove the pterygium and place a conjunctival graft in its place
Two problems are common after removal of a pterygium:
- Recurrence. Over a variable length of time the problem may return. Use of the conjunctival graft reduces recurrences.
- Following removal of the pterygium, the cornea may not fully recover its smooth surface. Vision may not return fully as a result. Corneal regularisation with the excimer laser is possible in such cases.
Corneal Scar
The cornea is naturally very clear and transparent. It can be scarred by disease and injury. Scars in the cornea interfere with vision in two ways. They are cloudy and so cloud the vision. They also make the surface of the eye rough. The eye cannot see well through a rough surface.
What can we do about this?
Laser
Some excimer lasers, the same laser used in laser vision correction, can be adapted to remove scars. Not all excimer lasers can do this. With its very sensitive corneal mapping devices, the laser at AAEC is highly advanced in these techniques.
Smoothing of corneal irregularity
The highly developed mapping capability of the iVis excimer laser at AAEC allows this laser to smooth most forms of corneal irregularity. This overcomes the roughening effect of corneal scars or to reshape irregular corneas that are not scarred.
Eyelid plastic surgery
Many common problems of the eyelids can be corrected by the surgeons at AAEC.
Diabetic Screening
All diabetics are at risk of diabetic eye disease. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists recommend a review by an eye doctor for every well controlled diabetic every 2 years.