Deliberating on advances in cataract diagnosis

Hyderabad-based Win Vision Eye hospital organised a symposium on ‘Cataract Techniques and Technologies available in India’ at its premises in the city over the weekend.

Doctors in ophthalmology from South India attended the symposium and discussed challenges in dealing with cataract diagnosis and removal. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sreelakshmi Managing Director (Cataract & Refractive Surgeon) said Win Vision Eye Hospital is proud to have carried out hundreds of cataract surgeries using latest technology in the last one and half year since the hospital’s launch in 2015.

Elaborating on how technology has helped the surgeons achieving best results she said, “The success of cataract surgery is to do with the restoration of vision. It's the ease of surgery that makes the entire process smooth, safe and highly predictable. As vision recovery is quick and so much better everyone prefers these advanced techniques only.”

Elaborating on intraocular lenses (IOL), she said, “If IOL is not implanted the vision will be hardly 1 metre and very high powered glasses are required and it is literally a visual handicap. Now advanced IOL designs like Toric IOL are available where it completely addresses distance vision and when multifocals are implanted both distance and near will be corrected without depending on glasses.”

Elaborating more on latest technologies available in India, NV Ratnam Choudary Joint Managing Director said advanced machines like LensX, which are running on Femtosecond technology; give eye care doctors the freedom to go ahead with the critical cases to give the patients a new and clear vision. “No doubt these are complex cases, but these days there is no obstacle one cannot overcome with the advanced technology at their disposal,” he said.

Dr Surendranath CEO Win Vision Eye Hospital, gave details about advent of advanced cataract removal systems in India its benefits and role of modern day intra ocular lenses like, multifocal and TORIC. Mentioning about FLACS technology, he said FLACS adds to the surgeon’s skill, helping them to execute the most tricky and delicate steps of these rare cataract procedures with greater safety and accuracy.