Nelson Eye Surgeons are a friendly and professional team of highly qualified surgeons, nurses, ophthalmic technicians and optometrists providing independent surgical and medical eye care.
Besides providing you with all your regular eye care, we are also able to offer surgical treatments at the same site. A fully equipped operating theatre complex with state-of-the-art equipment enables us to deliver a wide range of on-site day surgeries conveniently all under one roof.
Some of our most frequently performed day-surgeries include:
- No needle, micro-incision cataract and refractive lens exchange surgery
- Eyelid surgery including blepharoplasty, ptosis, ectropion, entropion and tumour removal with reconstruction
- Pterygium surgery
- Glaucoma surgery
What is Ophthalmology?
Ophthalmology is the branch of specialist medicine that is focused on the health of eyes and their surrounding tissues, including muscles, bones, eyelids, and tear production/drainage systems. Your eye is the organ of vision and consists of the cornea (the outer clear layer), the sclera (the white of the eye), the iris (the coloured part), the lens (lies behind the iris) and the retina (the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye). Your eyes ‘see’ by focusing light that enters the eye onto the retina which sends the image to the brain by the optic nerve.
Ophthalmologists are doctors who are trained in the study of eyes. Most will be trained in eye surgery, and may have particular areas of interest or expertise.
Optometrists are not doctors but are trained in testing your vision to assess your need for glasses or contact lenses. Some also test for glaucoma.
