Burjeel offers new cataract surgery technique
ABU DHABI, February 11, 2016
Burjeel Hospital, a leading care facility in Abu Dhabi, is offering a new technology in cataract surgery at its Centre of Excellence in the emirate.
With the Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery, many steps of the operation which used to be performed by the surgeon will now be performed by the laser machine, therefore in an even more accurate, precise and consistent way.
Cataract is a progressive clouding of the natural lens of the eye resulting in progressive deterioration of the vision, said an expert.
Dr Edmondo Borasio, head of Corneal and Refractive Surgery Department at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, said that the clouding or opacity of the natural crystalline lens inside the eye is called 'cataract.'
The opacity prevents the light from passing freely through the lens and reaching the retina. The main cause of cataract is age but it can also be the result of different other pathologies of factors, he said.
Its main symptoms are foggy vision, changes in the way sufferers see colour, double vision and vision problems caused by glare, Dr Borasio added. - TradeArabia News Service
