Ophthalmology MIS Procedures
Strabismus (Misalignment of the eyes)
- Horizontal and vertical muscle recessions or resections
- Oblique muscle surgery (myectomy, spacer, tenotomy, transposition, etc)
- Transposition procedures
- Posterior fixation suturing
- Adjustable muscle surgery
- Restrictive (thyroid related, trauma related, etc) or paralytic (3rd, 4th, 6th cranial nerve palsies) muscle surgery
- Release of extensive scar tissue with or without muscle detachment
- Chemodenervation of eye muscles (Botox)
Cataract (Hazy lens) (Traumatic, congenital, infantile, secondary, etc)
- Cataract removal with or without intraocular lens (IOL) placement
- Aspiration technique
- Phacofragmentation with aspiration
- Pars plana approach with or without vitrectomy
- Intracapsular cataract removal
- Traumatic cataract with removal of scar and secondary membraneous cataract
- Secondary IOL insertion
- Sutured IOL insertion
- Exchange IOL
Posterior Segment (Structures behind the color portion of the eye)
- Removal of vitreus, mechanical vitrectomy
- Vitrectomy, pars plana approach
Retina
- Destruction localized lesion of retina; cryotherapy (freezing technique), or Laser
- Treatment of progressive retinopathy (i.e. retinopathy of prematurity); photocoagulation
Eyeball
- Evisceration of ocular contents with or without implant
- Enucleation of eye with or without implant
- Insertion of secondary implant, muscles attached
Glaucoma (Eye pressure building up)
- Goniotomy (direct visualization or via endoscopy)
- Trabeculotomy (with trabeculotome or 360 degree microcatheter)
- Trabeculectomy
- Tube shunt implantation (Ahmed valve, etc)
- Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (Endoscopic laser technique)
- External laser technique
Lacrimal (Tear) System
- Probing of nasolacrimal (tear) duct with or without irrigation
- Insertion of tube stent (monocanalicular or bicanalicular Ritleng or Crawford stents)
- Repair of canalicular (tear duct) laceration
- Orbit (Eye socket)
- Orbitotomy with or without removal (excisional or incisional biopsy) of lesion
- Sub tenon’s injection
Eyelids
- Excise chalazion (stye)
- Repair blepharoptosis (Droopy lid)
- Frontalis muscle technique with sling
- Levator resection
- Correction of lid retraction (Tight lid muscles)
- Blepharoplasty (upper or lower lid)
- Repair of lid laceration/wound
- Excision of lid neoplasm/growth with or without repair / reconstruction
- Repair of entropion
- Tarsorraphy (suturing of lids together) temporary or permanent
Choose your Ophthalmology MIS surgeon
UH Landerbrook Health Center
(440) 684-1374
5850 Landerbrook Dr
Mayfield Hts, OH 44124
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