Cornea and external eye diseases
 Refractive surgery, using the LASIK technique
Treating severe ocular surface conditions by transplantation of limbal stem cells and amniotic membranes
Mitomycin-C drops are used in ocular surface malignancies
Intraocular tumors e.g. uveal melanomas, retinoblastomas and intraocular lymphoma are treated by intraocular chemotherapy
Glaucoma
Severe glaucoma that is not controlled by medications is treated by advanced surgery, and various laser treatments.
Medical Retina
Using the argon-krypton, diode-laser and the Visulas laser, retina specialists treat:
Macular degenerative diseases in adults and children
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for the treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
Vitro-retinal Surgery
Removal of sub-retinal membranes
Retinectomies and transposition of retina
Peeling of membranes
Intricate retinal surgery to treat severe cases of Retinopathy Of Prematurity, where hope for vision has been lost
Ocular Oncology
Uveal melanoma patients are treated mainly by Ru-106 brachytherapy, some by enucleation or local tumor resection.
Retinoblastoma in children is treated in collaboration with Pediatric Oncologists. Many of the children need local adjuvant treatment by cryotherapy, brachytherapy or laser photocoagulation. These advanced methods have dramatically decreased the number of eyes enucleated due to retinoblastoma in recent years.
Other intraocular tumors in adults and children, e.g. metastatic tumors of the eye, intraocular hemangiomas, intraocular lymphoma, etc.
Epibulbar tumors are also treated surgically and medically.
Eyelid and orbital tumors are treated in collaboration with the Oculoplastic specialists.
Uveitis
Patients suffering from Uveitis of various etiologies, and other ocular inflammatory diseases are treated.
Oculoplastics
Diseases of the orbit, eyelids and lachrymal system, are treated in collaboration with plastic surgeons, ENT specialists, and maxillofacial surgeons.
Cataract Surgery
Cataract extractions are done using delicate instrumentation. Suture-less phacoemulsification procedures
Insertion of state-of-the-art foldable lenses
YAG laser is used for capsulotomy in secondary cataracts.
Diagnostic Laboratories Including:
Vision functions and electrophysiology
Ocular immunology,
Ocular ultrasonography,
Ophthalmic photography and imaging
Comprehensive ophthalmology |
