Oculoplasty Services

Orbit and Oculoplasty

B B Eye Foundation provides the most modern facilities for removal of these tumors (when required) and orbital re construction with artificial mesh.

Lid Margin Abnormalities:

• Entropion is the inward turning of the eyelids (may involve the upper or lower eyelid), causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea and produce irritation leading to tearing and secondary infection as well as cosmetic problems. It may be the result of spasm or secondary contracture or strictures from burns, injury or trachoma infection. Surgical correction by our experienced surgeons will provide a permanent correction.
• Ectropion is a condition where the eyelid (usually the lower one) is turned away from the eyeball. It may be due to laxity of the tissue in elderly people or to paralysis of nerves or may follow cuts, infections, or burns of the lids and face that heal poorly with scarification. Besides being cosmetically unpleasant, ectropion is accompanied by troublesome tearing and infection. Treatment is surgical rotation of the lid margin.
• Trichiasis is a condition in which there is misdirection of eyelashes. If the eyelashes turn in toward the eyeball and scratch the cornea, they produce a sensation like a foreign body. This condition may result from trachoma (an eye infection), burns or injuries to the lids. Removal of the eyelashes can be done manually. Our centre provides for state of the art Laser Facilities for epilation to correct Trichiasis. Recurrent and severe cases may require surgical correction.

Lacrimal Passage Infections:

• Normally tears from the eye drain to the nose through the lacrimal passage. In case of any blockade in this passage, watering results and when left unattended to may result in infection around the eye (Lacrimal Sac). The causes can be incomplete development, seen in young children, or infection, which occurs in adult life. Treatment varies from performing a relatively simple procedure like 'probing' the pathway to open it, to more complex surgery of fashioning an alternative pathway to drain the tears to nasal cavity. This procedure is known as dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR).

Oculoplastic surgery

• B B Eye Foundation has the most innovative, sophisticated and comprehensive range of oculoplasty services in Kolkata. Our oculoplasty surgeries are affordable and customized for every patient’s need and ensure the best possible outcomes.

• Oculoplasty refers to plastic surgery procedures concerning the eyes and the structures surrounding them. These surgeries include reconstructive surgeries to correct structural abnormalities or cosmetic surgeries for aesthetic reasons.

When Does One Need Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery?

Oculoplasty is typically performed for the following reasons:

• Congenital: Oculoplasty surgery can be conducted for congenital deformities, including gaps in the eyelids, abnormal position of eyelids, abnormal shape and size of orbits, blocked tear drainage passages,etc.

• Traumatic (Injury): Oculoplasty surgeries can be conducted to repair eyelid injuries, scar development, orbito-facial fractures,loss of eyeball, etc.

• The surgery can result in better eye functioning and look.

• Age-related: The operation can be conducted for troubles like in-turning or out-turning of the eyelids and rubbing of eye-lashes on the eye, droopy and lax eyelids, eyelid bags, herniation of orbital fats etc.

• Oculoplasty operations can efficiently correct these difficulties.

• Tumour: Tumours and cancers of the lids and orbits are managed by oculoplastic surgeries. These procedures can save life and vision.

• Blocked tear ducts: Blocked tear ducts will cause watering of eyes with discharge. This can also cause repeated infections of the eyes and the surrounding areas of the face leading to serious damage to life and vision. DCR or Dacryocystorhinostomy and DCT or Dacryocystectomy are the procedures we perform for the blocked tear ducts.

• Thyroid Eye Disease: Thyroid diseases can cause serious problems of eye lids and orbits amongst other things. These problems may also cause severe and permanent visual damage. If medicines do not work to allay the problems then oculoplastic surgeries are necessary to manage the condition.

Our Services

DCR Surgery: Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery treats blocked tear ducts in adults. It builds a new passageway between the tear duct sac and the nose, circumventing the blockage and enabling tears to drain naturally. We audit all our cases annually and our success rate is about 96% to 97% and it is at par with the best oculoplastic institutions globally.

Lid Repair Surgery: Eyelid reconstruction surgery is the functional and aesthetic restoration of the eyelid and periocular area with minimal surgical morbidity. The outcome of the surgery depends on several factors, including the defect type, the patient's age and health, the integrity of surrounding tissues, and the surgeon’s experience, etc.

Orbital Surgery: Various types of orbital surgeries are performed to deal with orbital tumours and cancers, Thyroid related orbital disease, Orbital fractures and congenital orbital anomalies. We have a very experienced surgical team consisting of our oculoplasty and orbital surgeon, ENT surgeon, Neuro-surgeon and Maxillo-facial surgeon. This combined and interdisciplinary approach gives our patients with orbital diseases the best possible outcome.

To learn more about our oculoplasty services, visit us at B B Eye Foundation. If you are looking for “oculoplastic surgeons near me” and “oculoplasty doctor near me” then we are here to cater to all your eye care needs.