Bengaluru :

A centre of ocular oncology installed with the world’s fastest German built vitrectomy machine, along with electroretinogram (ERG) and Pascal laser has been inaugurated today in a city eye hospital to provide a comprehensive treatment in the field of vitreoretinal and ocular oncology.

One of the first of its kind in Asia, ‘megaTRON S4 HPS’will ensure safer and faster vitreoretinal surgeries with its double cutter and integrated laser translating into better outcomes, say the doctors of Sankara Eye Hospital, where it has been introduced today.

“This allows 12000 cuts a minute. Pascal laser with yellow 577 nm is the only laser in the county that allows effective treatment of diabetics with minimal collateral damage. This allows 16 simaltaneous laser shots, enhancing patient’s safety and comfort,” said Dr P Mahesh Shanmugam, head of Vitreoretinal and Ocular Oncology Services, Shankar Hospital.

“megaTRON S4 HPS helps to easily recognize the steps for programming and calibrating the equipment and to decide the type of surgery to be made. Different users can be programmed with the pre established parameters, offering more agility in the proceedings in case the machine is used by different surgeons,” he added.

UT Khader, minister for health and family welfare, said: “I am delighted that the state-of-the-art excellence begins from our state and I am sure that a similar centre enabling such technologies will; soon come up across India.”

source: http://ww.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India /News Home> City> Bengaluru / by Sreemoyee Chatterjee, TNN / Octobter 01st, 2015