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Cataract Eye Surgery at Advance VisionCare

Cataract surgery is an incredible safe and effective treatment and is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the UK. The Advance VisionCare surgeons are hugely experienced in this field and have performed thousand of successful procedures. Advance VisionCare offers quick, easy and direct access to Cataract treatments by leading surgeons in private facilities with a choice of lenses that are not available with the NHS.

What is a Cataract?

Cataract is a clouding that forms in the natural lens of the eye. This clouding is due to denaturation of the protein in the natural lens of the eye. The most common cause is age related but it can be caused by long term exposure to ultraviolet light, exposure to radiation or secondary effects of diabetes. The most effective way to treat the cataract is to remove the natural lens and replace it with a synthetic lens.

The cataract procedure:

On the day of your treatment you will be given eye drops to dilate the pupil. The operation usually lasts about 15 minutes and is painless and is performed under topical anaesthetic (eye drops). The surgeon makes a micro-incision on the side of the cornea, no more than 3.5mm and inserts a tiny probe into the eye. The probe emits ultrasound waves that soften and break up the cloudy lens before it is removed. Once removed the original lens is replaced by a lens implant. There are no stitches, this means you can return home the same day, you will be free you leave after about one hour.

Types of lenses

Fixed Focus Monofocal lenses are used in the majority of cataract procedures. These lenses offer excellent quality distance vision and perform well in all lighting conditions. Most people who chose to have the monofocal lens implanted opt for good distance vision, these patients will typically continue to wear reading glasses or have Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) For patients willing to use reading glasses for close work, these lenses are an excellent choice.

Fixed focus toric lenses. These lenses are able to correct astigmatism.

Multifocal lenses achieve good distance and near vision without glasses. These lenses optical zones divide light and bring it into focus at more than one point at the same time. This allows the eye to see well at distance and for close work. During a clinical study in the United States 92% patients who had the ReZoomT multifocal lens implanted reported that they never or only occasionally had to wear glasses. Another multifocal lens is the ReSTORT. This lens is designed to divide light into two focal zones so that near and distance objects can both be seen without glasses. Multifocal lens have a greater tendency to cause complaints in lower light conditions so patients who drive regularly at night may wish to consider a different lens. The vast majority of patients with these lenses do not have any problems driving at night.

Costs

What is included in the Assessment fee?

• Initial consultation at Harley Street
• Complete suitability consultation
• Assessment of results with Mr CT Pillai, the ophthalmologist

What will the cost of your treatment include?

• High quality, biocompatible Intra Ocular Lens included in cost of treatment
• Surgery performed by internationally renowned Surgeon
• One night (per eye treated) free accommodation in a Central London hotel for patients living outside the M25
• All post-operative tests
• All post-operative medications up to one month
• Aftercare checkups by Mr Pillai or one of our optical partners for 6 months
• Retreatment up to 12 months (in the unlikely event that it is needed)

The Refractive Surgeons
The surgeons who has been specially selected by Mr Pillai at Advance VisionCare to carry out these procedures are Professor Martin Filipec and Dr Goran Helgason.

Prof. Filipec is an honorary member of the French Ophthalmological Society, a member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Czech Society of Ophthalmologists, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the European Association for Eye Research. A representative of the Czech Republic in the International Ocular Inflammation Society. He is the author and co-author of 350 lectures, 51 scientific publications and four textbooks and treatises used both at home and abroad. He lectures at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles' University, Prague and has worked on four grants in the area of transplantation and inheritable diseases of the cornea.

Dr Goran Helgason graduated from Gothenburg University, Sweden in 1984. He became a Consultant Ophthalmologist in 1991 specialising in anterior segment eye surgery. In 1996 he joined Medocular Eye Clinics, one of Sweden's best refractive surgery practices. Dr Helgason has written numerous peer reviewed papers and presented his work at the most prestigious Ophthalmic conferences all over the World. He is also an International course instructor and medical advisor for STAAR Surgical, a leading manufacturer of ICL lenses. Dr Helgason is a big advocate of ICL lenses, so much so that he chose to have Implantable Contact Lenses himself.

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Advance VisionCare | 77 Harley Street | London | W1G 8QN
Tel: 0800 652 4878