The front part of your eye including your iris (coloured part of your eye), cornea and lens are called the anterior segment.
At Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital patients can skip the long waiting lists and receive rapid access to cataract surgery, with a personalised treatment plan and unrivalled aftercare.
Fluid filled lumps that form in your upper or lower eyelids are quite common. These cysts normally disappear on their own. Occasionally the cyst becomes infected causing pain, redness and swelling.
Phacoemulsification is a common method used in cataract surgery.
At Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, our expert ophthalmologists can provide you with rapid access to drooping eyelid correction surgery (ptosis correction).
At Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital our experienced ophthalmologists are experts in treating a range of eye conditions, regularly performing vitrectomy surgery.
A small proportion of patients will develop clouding of the capsule which covers the lens following cataract surgery. This is called posterior capsule opacification or PCO and feels similar to the original cataract. If this develops we offer a laser surgery called YAG capsulotomy to correct the problem.