Cataract - the world's leading cause of blindness
According to the World Health Organization, cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness. Statistics worldwide show that more than 50 million people have vision below 2/10 due to cataracts. Every year, about 20 million more people lose their sight permanently due to cataracts.
Cataracts - The leading cause of blindness
Cataracts are also known as dry cataracts or stone cataracts. This is a condition in which the lens loses its transparency and becomes opaque, blocking light rays entering the eye and preventing them from reaching the retina, making vision unclear.
There are many causes of cataracts such as: Congenital, old age, trauma, radiation, pathological cataracts (diabetes, hypocalcemia, post-uveitis cataracts)
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness today. When the lens becomes increasingly cloudy, it can become overripe and cause complications, even glaucoma and capsule rupture, at which point the lens protein becomes a foreign body and is attacked by the body, causing uveitis.
At this time, eye pressure will increase, causing the patient to have severe headaches and irreversible optic nerve atrophy.
When the opaque lens is too hard, there will be inflammatory reactions in the eye, the pupil will stick together, the eye will degenerate, the transparent environment will be completely cloudy, making surgery more difficult and easily damaging the surrounding areas.
Phaco Surgery - Safe and effective cataract surgery method
People with cataracts face many inconveniences in daily life and dangerous complications such as loss of vision if not treated properly. Therefore, patients need to be prescribed artificial lens replacement surgery to regain clear eyes. Phaco surgery is currently the most highly rated method.
Phaco surgery is short for Phacoemulsification, which uses sound wave energy to crush and separate the cloudy lens into small pieces and then suck it out through a small incision, an artificial lens is replaced.
This is the safest, most effective and optimal surgery today compared to previous methods. The incision does not need stitches and will heal on its own.
Phaco Surgery at Vinh TTH General Hospital
TTH Vinh General Hospital is proud to be the top choice for patients with cataract surgery because of the following outstanding advantages:
Equipped with modern facilities and machinery systems.The diagnostic system includes an eye ultrasound machine, a TTT IOLMaster power meter, a TOPCON 3D VM OCT scanner; a ZEISS YAG III Visulas Laser machine and a Phaco Legion ALCON surgical system (USA).
Team of experienced and highly skilled doctors:BSCKI Nguyen Duc Anh - Head of the Ophthalmology Unit - RHM "golden hands" in cataract surgery using the Phaco method. Safe method with many advantages: small incision, very fast surgery time, almost no bleeding, no pain or very little pain for the patient. Patients can be discharged on the same day, vision recovery is quick.
Hospitals using genuine TTT:Alcon, Abbot, Hoya, Karl Zeiss... include types: single-focal, multi-focal, extended-focal TTT... giving patients the best quality of vision.
Comprehensive services:Health Insurance Payment and Guarantee Insurance; Vinh TTH General Hospital is a reliable unit in examining and treating eye diseases, especially Phaco eye surgery, bringing bright eyes to the elderly.
If you need further advice and clarification on this surgical method, please contact the hotline:0948.95.66.22.
Blindness prevention is the responsibility of the whole society. In addition to the efforts of the health sector, it is necessary to have the attention and direction of all levels of government: People's Committees of provinces, districts, communes, villages, Department of Education, Department of Information and Communications... the proactive coordination of organizations: Youth Union, social organizations... to promote propaganda work, raise public awareness of eye care issues; especially people need to actively participate by proactively going to medical facilities for examination and timely intervention when there are abnormal signs of eye problems; together with the whole country to complete the common goal set out by the national strategy for blindness prevention.
