Blackrock Clinic - Eye Laser Treatment

Why Choose Blackrock Eye Laser Clinic?

• Our Team
• The technology
  • Blade Free ( Intraslase Technology)
  • Wavefront Technology
• 24 Hours Seven Day a week back up
• Accredited Joint Commission International
• The Hospital Environment

Our Team
The team of Consultant Surgeons attached to the clinic are highly respected well established Ophthalmologists, registered on the specialist register of the Irish Medical Council. All of the practising Eye Surgeons are trained to treat all ophthalmic conditions. 
The consultants are affiliated with the Eye and Ear Hospital, St. Vincent's University Hospital, The Royal College of Surgeons and Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. They have collectively performed over 20,000 Laser procedures and many thousands of Cataract, Glaucoma and other Corneal Surgical procedures. 
Our highly experienced Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons work closely with our dedicated Excimer Laser team to ensure the delivery of the highest standard of care to our patients. 
In addition all procedures are audited and regularly the team of eye surgeons meet to discuss case studies or challenging surgical procedures so that their collective expertise and experience is shared.  
All our eye surgeons attend the various Ophthalmic conferences worldwide to ensure that their skills, their knowledge level and our centre of excellence is up to date and on a par with the cutting edge centres of excellence throughout the world. 

The Technology
Blackrock Clinic has built its reputation on leading the way in the very latest in healthcare technology. Therefore you can be assured that the lasers in the eye department are cutting edge and the most up to date available on the ophthalmic surgical world market. We use the very latest Intralase technology and the revolutionary VISX Star S4 excimer laser system.

• Intralase: The Intralase method as mentioned above is a blade free technique to create your corneal flap, this is the thin layer of tissue that the surgeon creates in order to perform the LASIK procedure. The Intralase method can only be performed using the Intralase Femto Second Laser.
  In the past surgeons have used an instrument know as a microkeratome to create the corneal flap. The microkeratome is a hand held blade that moves across the eye cutting the corneal flap. The Intralase method by contrast allows the surgeon to create the corneal flap without the use of a blade. 
• Wavefront Guided Custom Treatment: Using the revolutionary VISX Star S4 Excimer Laser system, in combination with Wavescan mapping technology, it is possible to identify and treat higher order imperfections other than short sight, long sight and astigmatism. This has the potential to further improve quality of vision in some patients. Your consultant will inform you if you are likely to benefit from this treatment.

24 Hours Seven day a Week Back Up
If the unusual event that you ever have a problem your surgeon is contactable any hour day or night via our hospital reception. In addition if your surgeon is away on annual leave and an emergency arises he / she will have arranged for one of the other team members to cover his/ her call. This gives you the patient the ultimate peace of mind that assistance or advise is only a phone call away.

Accredited by Joint Commission International
The hospital is accredited by an international team of medical experts on an regular basis to predetermine standards of clinical excellence and patient care.

The Hospital Environment
Blackrock Clinic is a hospital and our eye laser department is part of the hospital environment. This ensures that is has the back up of all the other areas of clinical expertise for example Infection control, department of nursing, pathology etc. The ideal location to have any surgical procedure is within a hospital setting. Choosing Blackrock Clinic affords you that advantage.