EYE SURGERIES

Eye Surgeries

Cataract surgery: 50% of the blindness in Rwanda is caused by cataract. Cataract surgery is being performed via Phacoemulsification and via SICS (Small Incision Cataract surgery).
Glaucoma: is the second cause of blindness in Rwanda. Surgery is often needed to prevent progression of the disease.
Retinal surgery: is needed for patients with retinal detachments, advanced diabetic retinopathy, and after a severe eye trauma.
Eyelid surgery and orbital surgery: ptosis corrections, ectropion and entropion corrections, eyelid reconstructions, lacrimal surgery.
Corneal crosslinking for patients with keratoconus.
Laser treatments for patients with secondary cataracts (Yag laser), diabetic retinopathy (pattern laser via Pascal Laser, diode laser) and certain types of glaucoma (Yag laser and SLT)
Pediatric Eye Surgeries: Treatment of children with retinoblastoma (= cancer in the eye), congenital cataract and congenital glaucoma, strabismus and trauma.