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Southern Cross Invercargill Hospital - Ophthalmology (Eye Surgery)
Private Surgical Service, Ophthalmology
This is where you will come to have your surgery performed. The visits to your surgeon before and after surgery will be at their consulting rooms.
Retinal Surgery
Laser: can be used to mend tears, seal leaking blood vessels or reattach minor retinal detachments.
Cryopexy (freezing): can be used to mend tears, seal leaking blood vessels or reattach minor retinal detachments.
Vitrectomy: tiny incisions (cuts) are made in the white of your eye and the jelly-like substance (vitreous) in the back of your eye is removed.
