RETINA
CPEH is the only hospital in North East India who boasts of having
the Ngenuity Vision System. Through this culture sophisticated
device the retinal surgeries are done with a three dimensional view.
This precision makes the retinal surgery more accurate, safe and
complete.
CPEH is served by two experienced Retina surgeon. Dr Prasanta Saikia
is a fellow from prestigious Sankara Nethralaya Chennai. He has been
working in CPEH for the last 18 years. Dr Trishna Taye, the other
retina surgeon is a fellow from Sankar Eye Foundation, Bangalore.
The Retina OPD is equipped with two OCT (one is Zeiss HD out OCT,
other is Revo 60 OCT,Optopol), Digital Fundus Angiography unit from
Topcon, Double Frequency Yag Laser(VISULAS YAG II PLUS LASER UNIT),
MEDITEC AG (GREEN LASER) VISULAS 532S and VISULAS 532-3M LASER
INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPE, B SCAN UBM SET WITH DELL MONITOR(Appasamy
Associates)
A separate Operation theatre is dedicated for Retinal surgery.
Besides the Ngenuity Vision System the OT is equipped with Zeiss
Visu 160 Operating Microscope, Constellation Tabletop CRS unit Volk
SD system and Cryo Machine. The centre is largely instrumental in
catering to the needs of large population of patients suffering from
diseases of retina & Vitreous in Upper Assam, North Assam, Nagaland
& Arunachal Pradesh.
Besides doing routine VR surgeries like Vitrectomy, Scleral
Buckling, the centre is also famous for its highly successful
Macular Hole surgery, Intra vitreal live cysticercosis removal,
Sutureless 25G &23G vitreous surgery etc