A unique system for cataract surgery has provided ophthalmologists of Ufa
Ufa has again become a meeting place ophthalmologists from Europe, Asia and America. For the first time Ufa surgeons showed Russian and foreign colleagues working unique system of the latest generation of "centurion". It is designed to remove cataracts. The film crew of "Vesti Bashkortostan" was able to see the device in action and talk to first patients.
Operating today in Ufa research Institute of eye diseases, three surgeon – from Ufa, Yekaterinburg and Izhevsk. All doctors work under the camera lens, not only our channel. Stream operation in online mode is transferred to the Opera and ballet theatre – this is live surgery.
After a few minutes the surgeon from Yekaterinburg will operate Olga Katkov. Six months ago she suddenly deteriorated vision. Doctors found a cataract in his left eye.
Ufimka the cataract is removed by means of an innovative system "centurion", which controls each step of the operation and reduces the risk of complications in the patient to a minimum.
A year here spend 38 thousand cataract operations. Surgery itself lasts no longer than fifteen minutes. But after a few hours the patient will begin to see.
Only that this operation was conducted by Valentina Svistunova. After removing the bandage the first thing she is going to read a book.
In the eyes of the patient implanted a special lens. Moreover, the so-called shelf life of the implant itself has not – he is eternal, say the doctors. Their experience of the Ufa surgeons shared with colleagues from other cities.
This is already the seventh international conference on ophthalmosurgery "East-West". She has collected nearly thousands of scientists and doctors from Europe,Asia and America. And the Ufa eye surgeons mark several anniversaries. And one of them is the 130th anniversary of ophthalmic services in the region.