The Hindu : MISCELLANEOUS / OTHERS : Hands-free cataract surgery successfully
conducted
HYDERABAD, July 10, 2011
M. SAI GOPAL
Procedure beamed live from Hyderabad to Chennai
An innovation: A surgery that reduces the role of a surgeon's hand in cataract
removal is being performed at Maxivision in Hyderabad on Saturday. -PHOTO:
G. RAMAKRISHNA
An innovation: A surgery that reduces the role of a surgeon's hand in cataract
removal is being performed at Maxivision in Hyderabad on Saturday. -PHOTO:
G. RAMAKRISHNA
In a pioneering effort, eye surgeons from Maxivision here on Saturday
successfully conducted an eye surgery without using the human hand.
Conventional surgeries need 40 per cent involvement of hands to make primary
and secondary incisions and to cut open the lens capsule of the eye so that
the cataract is removed using modern methods such as phaco surgery.
Surgeons, led by Maxivision CMD Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy, used Femtosecond Laser,
branded as Customlens, to conduct the surgery.
After the surgery, the laser could be used to conduct a refractive surgery to
reduce the dependency on glasses and contact lenses. Customlens is developed
by German company Technolas.
"The significant part of this new method is that surgeons now can make precise
incisions, which is usually not possible with hands. This ensures better
vision quality and excellent results. Apart from removing cataract, we are also
using this laser to conduct refractive surgeries so that patients need
not use spectacles," Dr. Reddy toldThe Hindu.
The surgery was beamed live to eye surgeons, who were in a surgery convention
in Chennai organised by Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society on Saturday.
This is the first time in the country such a novel surgery was taken up by
using Customlens, the surgeons said.
"The surgery is hands-free and there is no margin of error. The safety and
precision of the surgery has improved now. This technology is 100 per cent
error-free,"
said Dr. Reddy.
Traditionally, there are two steps involved in cataract surgery.
The first one involves using the surgeon's hand to make entry wounds known as
primary and secondary incisions and to open up the lens capsule to remove
the cataract.
In the second step, the cataract is removed by phaco surgery, which involves
making a small incision and removing the cataract.
The Femtosecond Laser, which is introduced to India by Trivitron Healthcare,
will be 10 to 15 per cent costlier than conventional surgeries.
"In future, when technology is readily available, prices will come down. At the
end of the day, this method is safer," Dr. Reddy said.
. No margin of error in the surgery: Maxivision CMD
. He also says technology is safer, though costly
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