Vision and eye surgery
Sight gives us the freedom to live the life we choose. But when impacted by natural degeneration and disease, it’s important to have the best guidance at hand to find the right solution for you. Our expert information will guide you through all of the sight restoration options available.
Deterioration and loss of sight can potentially be treated by laser surgery.
For more advice and insight see all of our eyes and vision articles.
The Birdwatcher
After losing his wife to cancer, Bruce contemplated giving up his lifelong passion of bird watching. Determined, he gathered the courage to return to the fields, but cruelly his eyesight began to fail soon after. This is his story of love, loss and redemption.
4 signs you may have cataracts
Cataracts affect many of us as we get older, but acting early can reduce the impact they'll have on your life. Thankfully, spotting the early signs of a cataract developing is fairly straight forward.
4 ways to help prevent cataracts
It's true, cataracts are common. Thankfully, there are precautions you can take to minimise your risk and prevent damage to your eyes and vision. Mr David Anderson, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital has four tips to protect your eyes.
Test yourself for age-related macular degeneration
As the leading cause of vision loss in the UK, age-related macular degeneration is something we should see coming, but many of us fail to read the signs. Here’s what you need to know.
3 common eye diseases which cause sight loss
Cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration are the conditions most likely to affect your vision. Here's how we treat, prevent and manage the three thieves of sight.
Life in a different light: Graeme's cataract surgery
At just 51 years old, Graeme Chisholm was surprised to learn cataracts were responsible for his deteriorating eyesight. Here's how multi-focal lens implants brought his life back into focus.
Some common conditions and diseases that could match your symptoms:
- Detached retina
- Glaucoma
- Age related macular degeneration (AMD)
- Squint (strabismus)
- Failing vision
- Diabetes and macular diseases
- Diabetic eye disease
- External eye disorders
- Impaired vision
- Lacrimal disorders
- Loss of vision
- Macular holes
- Medical Retina
- Orbital disease
- Retinal Disease
- Shallow Anterior Chambers
- Visual loss
We offer a range of tests and scans to help understand your needs. Some key tests and scans include:
Getting treated as soon as possible can be easy. Some key treatments and procedures include:
- Laser eye surgery (or myopia treatment)
- Squint surgery
- Cataract Surgery
- Refractive eye surgery
- Oculoplastic surgery
- Anterior segment
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Reshaping)
- Drooping eyelids (Ptosis correction)
- Excimer laser treatment
- Eyelid cyst removal
- Lacrimal surgery
- Phacoemulsification
- Uveitis
- Visual field testing
- Vitrectomy
Taunton Hospital
Laser Refractive and Cataract Surgery with Premium Intraocular Lenses with Mr Indy Sian, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
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