The Jim and Linda Hunter Laser and Surgical Care Clinic clinic is located on the first floor of the School’s Atwater Eye Care Center. The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art ophthalmic lasers and surgical units enabling patients to receive the latest in eye laser and minor surgical procedures.
New and referred patients are being accepted at the clinic.
When you have trouble with your vision, it can make you feel very scared and stressed out. We’re passionate about our patients, and our priority is your health and wellbeing. Let us use our expertise and technology to put you on the path to better vision.
If you have elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) or chronic slowly-progressive glaucoma—which has been recently diagnosed or is controlled by medications—you are a candidate for Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT). SLT can be used as initial pressure lowering treatment or can sometimes even replace current eye drop therapy. This painless office-based treatment uses low-intensity light applied to the fluid drainage area within the eye to lower pressure without the need of medication or incisional operating room surgery. By lowering your IOP, we can potentially prevent damage to your optic nerve and vision loss.
After cataract surgery, it is common for patients to eventually develop blurred, foggy, or bothersome vision from a secondary cataract. This clouding or distortion of the membrane or “capsule” that holds the intraocular lens implanted after cataract surgery can be removed and corrected by means of capsulotomy. With this quick, painless office-based procedure, focused light is used to create a clear opening in the cloudy capsule returning vision to its previous clarity.
If you are at risk or have painful, rapidly progressive type of glaucoma (called narrow angle or acute glaucoma), you may be treated with laser iridotomy.
This procedure uses focused light instead of an operating room surgery to create a fluid draining opening in the iris or colored portion of the eye to treat or prevent rapid eye pressure elevation. This office-based procedure causes minimal or no discomfort and can actually cure and prevent this acute glaucoma.
Do you have skin tags, lumps, bumps, and other bothersome lesions on the eyelids and surrounding skin? You are a candidate for radio frequency surgical removal. This advanced procedure uses radio waves instead of scalpels and surgical scissors to remove or shave down such lesions. In most cases, there is minimal or no bleeding or discomfort during or after the procedure. The Laser and Surgical Care Clinic is equipped with the latest Ellman Surgitron radio frequency surgery unit to perform these procedures.
Please call the Atwater Eye Care Center at 812-855-8436 to schedule an appointment with one of our laser or surgical care specialists. We look forward to helping you!
