Cornea is the transparent, dome shaped front portion of the eye, covering iris, pupil and the anterior chamber. Cornea provides most of the optical power of the eyes, and thus helps the eye to focus on any object. It is a powerful refracting surface.
An adult cornea is 11.5 mm in diameter, has a 0.5 mm […]

WaveFront LASIK is a state-of-the-art technology that measures, corrects and cures every form of lower and higher-order optical aberrations in an individual. It is an improvement over all the other existing optical treatments.WaveFront LASIK is useful for all those who need a perfect vision, and offers an immediate cure from every form of eye distortions, […]

In people with keratoconus, until a few years ago, we had no choice but to replace all three layers of the cornea to correct their problem. This was a good option, called a corneal transplant. It involved using a small round blade to cut out the central thin part of the cornea. […]

What is DSAEK? DSAEK is a form of corneal replacement that replaces only the inner layers of the cornea. To understand DSAEK one needs to understand the structure of the cornea. The cornea is the round, transparent dome on the front of the eye and covers the eye in much the same […]

It has been 101 years since Dr. Eduard Zirm performed the first successful penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). He operated on the eyes of an itinerant farm worker
who had been blinded by alkali. In the ensuing 50 years, technical advances by
such greats as Filitov, Castroviejo, and others have brought us into the era of successful corneal transplantation, […]

Your Eyes
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary cataract is defined as – “A clouding of the lens of the eye or its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light.” Studies say that cataract is the most widespread problem that occurs in the eye and affects most as we grow older.

Your eye is one […]

What is Keratoconus? To understand Keratoconus, one must first understand the anatomy of the eye. The eye has a clear dome on the front, kind of like the crystal on a watch. This clear dome is called the cornea and works as a lens to the eye, to focus images in the […]

What is IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty? Keratoplasty is an operation on the Cornea. The Cornea is the clear dome on the front of the eye, like a watch glass that covers the front of a wristwatch. It is normally clear and transparent (about half a millimeter in thickness) and functions as the window […]