Ophthalmic Procedures

Relieves orbital pressure such as generated by Graves disease

For treatment of severe exophthalmos that does not respond to conventional medical treatment

Three types of exenteration remove basal and squamous cells from the bony orbit and eye- all require general anesthesia

Approximate or repair anatomical layers, but if lacrimal system is lacerated, stents are required

Removal of frequently benign growths using knife, cautery, cryosurgery or curettes

Improves vision by altering obstruction by eyelid ptosis, which also has cosmetic effect; one or both eyes

Alters obstruction by unilateral or bilateral eyebrow ptosis, which also has cosmetic effect

Repair of sagging lid that turns outward; restores proper drainage of tears that have been interrupted by the laxity of the lower lid, causing conjunctiva irritation

Conditions of the lacrimal system or apparatus such as tumors, chronic infections of the lacrimal sac or deformities from facial fractures require surgical intervention

Removal of a lacrimal sac for acute inflammation or chronic dacryocystitis

Incision and drainage of the lacrimal duct for acute dacrycystitis

Formation of a new tear passageway by inserting a stent for drainage directly into the nasal cavity or for chronic dacryocystitis between the lacrimal sac and the middle meatus of the nose through the lacrimal bone

Surgical removal of potentially recurring elastic degenerative tissue that grows slowly from the conjunctiva to the cornea

Cutting a muscle from its original insertion point and reattaching it more posteriorly; used to weaken an overactive rectus muscle

Shortening a muscle by taking a tuck and suturing it down; performed primarily on superior oblique muscle