Surgical Services: Brochure

A. Cataract.
The most advanced cataract surgery available, small incision, sutureless, with topical anesthesia per patient preference, employing state-of-the-art intraocular lens implants, especially those best tolerated for patients with a history of uveitis and/or glaucoma. Surgery is performed in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) Surgicenter as an outpatient.

B.Glaucoma
Glaucoma laser surgery, trabeculectomy filtering surgery and valve-tube surgery, performed on an ambulatory outpatient basis at MEEI.

C. Corneal Surgery
Corneal transplantation, limbal stem cell transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction, amniotic membrane grafting, keratoprosthesis, and anterior segment reconstruction are all performed on an ambulatory outpatient basis

D. Vitreo-retinal Surgery
Diagnostic and therapeutic pars plana vitrectomy for patients with posterior uveitis and for patients with diabetic retinopathy with vitreous hemorrhage, with endolaser photocoagulation, is performed, generally, under local anesthesia on an ambulatory outpatient basis. If scleral buckling or other retinal procedures are required as a consequence of the complexity of the case, admission to MEEI as an inpatient is sometimes advisable.

E. Minor surgical procedures at MERSI
The minor operating room at MERSI is the setting for procedures such as intravitreal injections (steroid, antibiotic, antiviral, antiangiogenic), lid and conjunctival biopsies, removal of surface lesions, and application of tissue adhesive to ulcerating corneas.