The Day Surgery at Kingsford provides facilities for all anterior segment eye surgery including cataract removal, laser refractive surgery, implantable contact lenses, corneal graft surgery, glaucoma surgery, corneal cross-linking and minor and major oculoplastic procedures of the eyelids.
Equipment in the surgical suite includes:
- Zeiss Lumera operating microscope.
- Alcon Infiniti phacoemulsifier for cataract surgery.
- Haag-Streit UV cross-linking lamp for the treatment of keratoconus.
- Moria DSAEK microkeratome for lamellar corneal grafting.
- Schwind Esiris Excimer Laser for refractive procedures.
The Schwind Esiris Excimer Laser is a modern high-tech product engineered in Germany.
This is a 200Hz Gaussian spot laser with one of the best eye tracking systems available.
The Gaussian profile aids in spot blending and produces a significantly smoother corneal surface.
The Schwind encompasses the ORK-LINK software for individual topography and customised treatments when they are needed.
The system offers high patient comfort and important technical features such as;
- Precise 0.8mm scanning spot laser
- Low ablation depth and high corrections possible
- Achieves one of the smoothest corneal surfaces
- Reduced risk of post operative haze with PRK
- Individual ablation profile possible
- Enhanced zones of up to 9mm
- Lowest thermal effects on the cornea
- Quick post-operative recovery and tissue healing