I have learned and worked hand in hand with some of the best experts in cornea and cataract surgery worldwide. About 5 years ago I started my private practice and I currently work in offices in Bogotá and Ibagué. Throughout this career, I can say that over 7,000 people have benefited from my laser, cataract, transplant, and keratoconus procedures.
I am a member of the Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, Cornea Colombia and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
I understand that trust is the most important thing for whoever puts his eyes on my hands, and I understand that it is only achieved by working with passion, loving what we do and honoring the truth that science brings us. My promise is to get to know you, understand your needs and offer the best technology to your eyes.
Our promise is to understand your vision problems and your lifestyle to CUSTOMIZE your treatment in pursuit of VISUAL FREEDOM.
If you are an adult, your distance vision improves with glasses, you have stable optical correction, and your eyes are healthy, laser surgery may be for you.
We use the excimer laser to carve the optical correction of the glasses directly into the cornea. In this way, the light entering your eyes will naturally focus on the fovea, which is the most sensitive part of the retina at the back of your eyes. The excimer laser can correct refractive defects such as nearsightedness, astigmatism, farsightedness and presbyopia.
Refractive surgery (better known as LASIK or PRK) is a painless procedure with minimal risks and a very short duration. In a few days you will be back to work, doing all your daily activities and enjoying life without glasses.
Both techniques achieve the same goal, visual freedom. PRK is preferred when corneas are thin or if there is mild dry eye. LASIK offers a faster recovery.
We see poorly up close after the age of 40-45 because the eye’s natural lens does not work well. Using a cell phone, a tablet or a computer without glasses becomes more difficult every day. Depending on the case, laser or phaco-refractive surgery can be performed.
Towards the age of 50, when cataracts begin to appear, a change of the natural lens for a refractive lens that improves near vision can be considered. Nowadays, there is a wide range of intraocular lenses that can be chosen according to the conditions of each patient.
If your nearsightedness is too high to be corrected by laser, phakic intraocular lens implantation provides an excellent combination of vision and safety.
Phakic intraocular lenses are made of a material similar to contact lenses, but are designed to be placed inside the eye, allowing the correction of high refractive errors, especially myopia.
For this surgery, it is required to apply drops that dilate the pupil, since the lens is implanted behind the iris. After applying anesthesia, we will create a very small incision at the junction of the cornea and the sclera, through which the lens will be injected into the eye. The surgeon makes sure that the lens is positioned properly and will check the eye pressure a few hours later.
The change in vision is AMAZING and will give you great satisfaction.
Cataracts are clouding of the lens of the eye that prevents light from reaching the retina.
If they affect your daily life; for example, if you don’t feel safe driving, can’t read or stumble, it may be time to have surgery.
Cataracts are the leading cause of visual loss and blindness worldwide. They are related to age and other conditions such as Diabetes Mellitus, use of steroid medications, trauma and eye inflammation. If not operated, they continue to progress to blindness.
During cataract surgery, the specialist makes a small incision through which the crystalline lens is removed with ultrasound equipment (phacoemulsification).
Subsequently, an intraocular lens is implanted to allow the passage of light and restore the patient’s vision.
Nowadays, the range of lenses that exist is enormous: they vary in the country of production, in the optics, in the filters they have, and many other characteristics. But for practical purposes, we can say that there are three types of intraocular lenses:
About 25% of patients who consult for myopia or astigmatism surgery have keratoconus; weakening and deformation of the cornea associated with rubbing the eyes. Unlike healthy eyes, eyes with keratoconus are not candidates for LASIK surgery.
There are different degrees of keratoconus: In the initial degrees, glasses and contact lenses improve vision but in more advanced degrees they help only partially and additional procedures or surgeries are needed according to the degree of the disease.
This procedure consists of the application of a special ultraviolet light that produces bonds between the collagen fibers to prevent the cornea from continuing to deform. It is used especially in very young patients who are at high risk of progression.
Intrastromal rings reduce corneal irregularity, improve astigmatism and myopia and allow us to avoid or delay the need for corneal transplantation.
Treatment with rings can be complemented with crosslinking and with glasses or contact lenses to improve vision.
Semilunar keratoplasty consists of removing a thin crescent of tissue from the peripheral cornea to improve the curvature and avoid the need for transplantation. It is useful in young patients with advanced keratoconus who would not improve with intrastromal rings and would otherwise need a transplant. This technique does not require donor tissue but does require sutures that are removed after a few months. It is complemented with the previously mentioned alternatives.
Before the development of crosslinking and intrastromal rings, transplantation was the only treatment option for patients with keratoconus. In this technique, the center of the diseased cornea is removed and replaced with donor tissue that is fixed with sutures. It is currently used for grade 4 keratoconus as well as for scarring and other corneal conditions.
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