Trained Eye Surgeon Restoring Your Eyes

By Author: Vinita Imperial
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Total Eyecare Center is managed by Dr Gerard Chuah who is a/an counselor eye surgeon together with retinal doctor. A alumna from National University of Singapore in 1988, he then decided to continue his education over at the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS Edinburgh) in 1993. The year later, he secured is Master of Medicine in Ophthalmology from the Postgraduate School of Medicine that is headed by National University of Singapore. He subsequently attained his Advanced Specialty Training Certification in the year 1997.

Having gained much understanding in this area with much focus in carrying out eye surgery such as cataract surgery as well as healing diabetic eye diseases for patients, he holds a remarkable image in the eyes of many. A retinal detachment is a serious disease as it may head to blindness. This occurs when liquefied vitreous enters through retinal tears and separates the retina, hence, causing a retinal detachment which creates the photoreceptor cells of the retina crucial for eyesight and loses blood supply and causing it to die off subsequently.

Some patients have ...
... mentioned that they have been seeing floaters and flash lights and reflect if this is one of the indication of a retinal tear. Floaters are actually shadows of opacities in the vitreous cavity thrown onto and kept by the retina. These type of floaters have been identifed by patients in all shapes and dimensions and is more simply observed in areas of bright illumination, especially against a simple light coloured background.

One technique to treat retinal tears is by undergoing laser eye surgery which would normally stands about 15-20 minutes or eye surgeries like linoff's balloon, pneumatic retinopexy, scleral buckling surgery which is up to the patient's choice. Some other well-known eye curing that Total Eyecare center offers are cataract operation as well as services for diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration.

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