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Dec 6, 20233 min read

Cornea Specialist In Mumbai


What is cornea?

Cornea is the outermost transparent portion of the eye. It is the clear, dome shaped surface that covers the front of the eye. It plays an important role in focusing your vision.

Mumbai Eye Care is famous for its corneal transplant surgery. We are known for the best cornea specialist in Mumbai. We perform a very high volume of cornea transplant making us the highest volume transplant center in the region.


Our fully equipped cornea clinic caters to all corneal disorders like corneal infections, corneal dystrophies, corneal scars and corneal decompensation. We perform all types of Corneal transplant surgery such as


  1. Full thickness corneal transplant surgery or penetrating keratoplasty

2. Anterior lamellar keratoplasty or DALK

3. Posterior lamellar keratoplasty or DSEK/ DMEK

For those who are not suitable for cornea transplantation or high risk for Corneal transplant surgery, we now have option of Keratoprosthesis. A Keratoprosthesis is nothing but artificial cornea.


Keratoconus

It’s a common corneal condition that is characterized by the forward bulging of the cornea that is progressive and leads to thinning of the cornea. The condition leads to visual distortion and poor vision due to high astigmatism (cylinder power). After one stage patient can no longer have good vision with glasses and may require contact lenses. At Mumbai Eye Care, Cornea and Lasik Centre we have various contact lens options or Keratoconus patients in the form of RGP lenses, Rose K lenses, Mini Scleral and Scleral lenses. Along with the correction of vision with contact lenses, we also have now treatment in the form of Collagen Crosslinking (UVX/C3R/CXL). This procedure arrests the progress of keratoconus and also helps in marginally decreasing corneal astigmatism. We also offer corrective surgeries such as INTACTS and PRK with CXL to our patients.


Paediatric cornea clinic

Children are not mini-adults. Almost 20% of the blindness in children in India is due to corneal problems. Most common ones are congenital (from birth) corneal opacities, congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy, corneal infections, trauma and nutritional deficiency associated corneal problems. If not treated timely using the appropriate surgical procedure, they can lead to amblyopia (lazy eyes) and irreversible vision loss. Mumbai Eye Care, Cornea and Lasik Centre is equipped with general anesthesia services. We offer various surgical options for children with corneal problems such penetrating keratoplasty/ full thickness cornea transplant, partial thickness cornea transplant/ lamellar keratoplasties such as Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty and Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty, rotational autokeratoplasty and keratoprosthesis. Dr. Ashar has a keen interest in pediatric cornea and has numerous publications and presentations and has won awards for his work on the challenging partial thickness corneal transplant in children.


What is cornea transplant?

Cornea transplant is a procedure where the diseased cornea is removed and is replaced with a donor cornea that is collected from a healthy donor after death.

At Mumbai Eye Care we perform all types of corneal transplants such as penetrating keratoplasty, Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK), Descemets stripping endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK).


Dr. Jatin Ashar has been trained in ophthalmology from ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’, New Delhi and L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.

He has trained many other eye surgeons in performing cataract surgery using phacoemuslification. He is proficient in performing difficult cataract surgeries in cases of corneal pathologies, uveitis and gluacoma. He has also performed numerous cataract surgeries in infants as young as 1 month old. His work on lens power selection for cataract surgery after LASIK had been selected for presentation at the ‘American Academy of Ophthalmology’ meeting at San Diego.


Dr. Jatin Ashar is a renowned eye cornea specialist in Mumbai. He is trained in cornea from world-renowned L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He performs all types of corneal surgeries such as penetrating keratoplasty, Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK), keratoprosthesis. He is among very few surgeons in India who perform Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). He has successfully performed numerous difficult cornea transplants such as cornea transplants in children. He has received numerous awards for his work in cornea including the Achievement Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology.


To schedule an appointment with Dr. Jatin Ashar, please contact:

Name: Mumbai Eye Care

Address: 101/102, Sai Vaibhav CHS, Nr. Vikrant Circle, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai-400077

Phone: +91–8451045934, 8451045935, 022–25066699


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