CHILD EYE SPECIALIST AND SURGEON IN JABALPUR

Ophthalmic surgeons are doctors who only treat children. They are trained to perform operations on children. The path to becoming a surgeon is one of the most difficult and time-consuming in the medical field. If your child requires surgery, they will be cared for by some of the most specialized, trained, and experienced eye surgeons. Dr Vivek Arora eye surgeon has the experience and qualifications to treat your child if he or she has an illness, injury, or disease that necessitates surgery.

Children’s Eyes are unique

Due to the immaturity of children’s vision system, diseases that have minimal effect on adults, might cause irreversible damage to children, therefore early diagnosis and treatment is vital.
After birth some children might develop strabismus (squint), cataract, increased pressure inside of the eye(glaucoma), tumors of the retina or the eye socket, and other disorders that also affect adults.

THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THAT AFFECT THE APPROACH AND TREATMENT OF EYE PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN.

The Pediatric eye Care services offers eye tests for babies, early diagnosis of risk factors for amblyopia (lazy eye) identification of congenital eye diseases and follow-up of premature babies.

The Pediatric eye Care services are unique in its diagnostic and treatment approach in that it is adapted to the needs of each child. This is based on the child’s age, level of development and medical condition.

Roshan Netralaya Eye Hospital at Jabalpur are well-equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities for examining and treating children. The most common childhood eye diseases treated are Refractive Errors, Squint, Amblyopia, Childhood Cataract, Genetic Eye Diseases and Congenital Glaucoma. In association with the Retina Clinic, it conducts screening and offers treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).  The clinic makes all efforts to enhance the residual vision in children with visual impairment by providing either optical or non-optical Low Vision Aids (LVA). Children suspected/ found with disorders related to Cornea, Retina, Uvea, Orbit & Glaucoma are referred to the respective specialty clinics at the hospital.

Routinely performed procedures include:

  • Surgical correction of Cataract as early as 3 months of age under General Anesthesia (GA)
  • Surgical correction of all types of Strabismus under Anesthesia appropriate for age (General/ Local)
  • Examination under Anesthesia: For children who need detailed evaluation (where cooperation is a concern) and for whom various specialty opinions are required at the same time.
  • Electroretinography (ERG) under short GA in retinal dystrophies
  • Surgery for Nystagmus