Patient from Yemen Successfully Cured of Multiple Eye Complications through a Single Intervention.
Bengaluru: Suffering from one illness alone is tiring, then visualize multiple complications. An 75 year old Mr. Qasem Abbdulbari Abdul Kareem has been effectively cured by the doctors at Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital. He hails from Yemen was suffering from a damaged and subluxated natural lens along with an injury to iris. He also had cataract and glaucoma.
His life took an adverse turn 12 months ago when he had a stone injury on his left eye ensuing a scuffle. When he consulted doctors in Yemen, it was identified he had damaged his natural eye lens and iris and also had cataract. It did not end there. Admit to the damage, his eyes had began to develop Glaucoma (High pressure in the eye). Whilst he was medicated for Glaucoma, but injury and cataract was not addressed because there was not adequate support in the eye to patch up with synthetic (Intra Ocular Lens) lens. Thus he slowly started losing his vision. Indeed, within 9 months of the injury his vision was decreased to a finger counting close to face. That is, he could not see anything beyond one foot.
The search for sophisticated treatment led them to Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital in Bangalore. After a thorough assessment, Dr. Bindiya Hapani and team guided preferring Glued IOL Surgery. Glued IOL is an sophisticated treatment method made-up by Dr. Amar Agarwal, Chairman & MD, Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospital. Through Glued IOL the doctors have not only been able to restore the injured lens, the surgery has also aided to medicate Glaucoma. Now, he is not only able to see 10 feet far object, he is also leading a normal life.
Elaborating on the case, Dr. Bindiya Hapani, Cataract surgeon and Medical Retina Expert, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, said, “4 different eye aliments at the same time is a rare problem as in the case of Qasem. It was more challenging because he lived with complication for long period. Firstly subluxated cataractous lens was removed and the intra ocular lens was set though a exceptional method known as “Glued IOL“. The iris is treated and repaired the injure and replaced his lost vision.
“The patient has responded fine. As Glued IOL uses biological glue the probability of a decline are nil.” added Dr. Ashraya Nayaka T E, Consultant, Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospitals
Glued IOL is an pioneering method calls for attaching an Intra-ocular lens (IOL) into the eye with the help of biological (fibrin) glue. This method has made possible stable IOL implantation in eyes while before time IOL implantation was very tough. An modern treatment technique can be applied to various schemes and also can be utilized as a chunk of integrated surgeries. It can be carried out with foldable IOL as well making it a wholly sutureless method. Multi-focal IOLs can also be implanted with the help of Glued IOL method and this gives the benefit of spectacle independency after cataract surgery surprisingly in patients with projected eye complication.
It has also been used as part of Anterior Segment Eye Transplantation wherein the whole front half of the eye is malformed. It can be also utilized for patients with deformed anterior segment. Here, the Glued IOL was utilised to fix the new intra ocular lens. The case of 75 year old Qasem is not only a testimony of Glued IOL’s effectiveness; it also presents a ray of hope for many who suffer from trauma lead multiple eye complications.
