Cataract
Cataract is a major global cause of reversible blindness and involves hardening and clouding of the eye's natural lens.
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Eye surgery
Discover the surgical techniques and treatment options presented by Dr. Nuno Lopes.
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SURGERY · NATURAL LENS
Natural lens
From cataract surgery to lens choice and vision correction through lens surgery.
Surgery
Surgery
Cataract surgery – Challenging cases
In clinical practice, routine cataract surgery has become a very predictable procedure. However, some surgical cases remain particularly challenging.
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Surgery
Which lens is best for my cataract or lens surgery?
Surgery on the natural lens offers an opportunity to correct the eye's existing refractive error. To do this…
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Astigmatism and lens choice in lens surgery
Correcting astigmatism with toric lenses and comparing monofocal, extended depth of focus and trifocal lenses.
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Surgery
Refractive lens surgery
Refractive lens surgery is the most commonly used surgical method to achieve independence from glasses in patients with presbyopia (loss of near…
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Verion and Callisto
Alcon – VERION and ZEISS CALLISTO eye: digital guidance systems I use to support cataract surgery and alignment of toric intraocular lenses.
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Eye conditions
Posterior capsule opacification — “dirty lens”
The expression “a dirty intraocular lens” is sometimes used to describe clouding of the back of the capsular bag where…
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Glaucoma
Learn about techniques that help control intraocular pressure.
Surgery
Safer trabeculectomy
Learn about safer trabeculectomy and explore an animation of drainage controlled by a scleral flap, following an approach similar to Moorfields Safer Surgery.
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Surgery
Deep sclerectomy
Deep sclerectomy is the most widely used non-penetrating glaucoma operation worldwide.
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Surgery
Glaucoma drainage implants
PRESERFLO, Ahmed FP7, PAUL and ClearPath: discover the implants I use and see how they help drain aqueous humour.
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Surgery
Canaloplasty
Canaloplasty is a non-penetrating glaucoma operation intended to restore and improve physiological drainage of aqueous humour.
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Surgery
Cyclophotocoagulation for glaucoma
Micropulse and conventional G-probe laser: how they work, when they are considered and what to expect during recovery.
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Laser
Vision correction with laser treatment of the cornea.
SURGERY · PHAKIC LENS
Phakic lens
Vision correction using an implanted lens while preserving the natural lens.
