Cornea & External Disease Services
The Cornea Services at Thind Eye Hospital, Jalandhar is dedicated to the medical and surgical treatment of problems involving the cornea and ocular surface.
Advanced diagnostic options and therapy techniques provide evaluation and consulting for both adults and pediatric patients. These include of excimer laser phototherapeutic operations, intraocular lens implantation, corneal transplantation, anterior segment reconstruction, and cataract extraction.
Clinical Facilities
Advanced Technology & Diagnostic Tools
Surgical Procedures
- Corneal Transplantation: Penetrating keratoplasty, Lamellar keratoplasty, Endothelial keratoplasty(DSAEK)
- Keratoprosthesis (Artificial cornea)
- Scleral grafting
- Corneal, limbal, and amniotic membrane transplants for ocular surface reconstruction in severe ocular surface disease
- Tissue adhesive application to seal corneal perforation
- C3R (Corneal Collagen-Cross Linkage with Riboflavin) for Keratoconus.
Other SERVICES
- Corneal Topography
- Pachymetry
- Specular Microscope
- Corneal Transplant
- Limbal Stem Cell & Amniotic Membrane
- Transplant
- Eye Injury/ Cornea Repair
- Corneal Microbiology
- Contact Lens – Soft, Toric, G.P, Rose k lens, scleral lens
Other Facilities
- Specular Microscopy- Study of the corneal endothelium (cells that maintain corneal clarity)
- Pachymetry- Measurement of corneal thickness
- Corneal Topography – Mapping of the cornea
- Aberrometry- Measurement of the aberrations in the eye
- Specialized contact lens fitting
