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Ophthalmology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the eye. Detection of disease in other parts of the body may be made through eye examination, such as diabetes, thyroid disease, brain tumors and hypertension. It includes:

	Trabeculectomy (Glaucoma surgery)
	Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure that removes part of the trabeculum in the eye to relieve pressure caused by glaucoma.

	Cataract Extraction with Lens Implant
	A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s crystalline lens. During this procedure, the cloudy lens is removed and replaced with a synthetic replica.

	Corneal Transplant
	A corneal transplant is surgery to replace the clear surface on the front of the eye (the cornea). In cases where the cornea has become clouded as a result of disease, swelling, scarring, infection, or chemical burns, this is sometimes necessary to restore functional vision.

	Eye Muscle Repair
	Eye muscle repair is surgery to align eyes or correct eye muscle abnormality (strabismus).

	Tear Duct Probing
	Children born with a blocked tear duct can often be cured by a probing. A thin, blunt metal wire is gently passed through the tear drainage system to open any obstruction.

Eyelid procedures

Laser procedures

Removal of foreign body from eye

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	Sharon Burke, M.D.		Thomas Conti, M.D.
	3700 W. 203rd Street, #103 Olympia Fields, IL 60461 Phone: 708-748-5202 Fax: 708-748-7305		7447 W. Talcott, #300 Chicago, IL 60631 Phone: 773-775-0811 Fax: 773-775-0818

	James Kapustiak, M.D.		David Lubeck, M.D.
	11600 S. Kedzie Avenue Merrionette Park, IL 60803 Phone: 708-388-4400 Fax: 708-389-8484		2640 W. 183rd Street, 2nd Floor Homewood, IL 60430 Phone: 708-798-6633 Fax: 708-798-6790

	Allen Pielet, M.D.		Lauren Saxe, M.D.
	6701 W. 159th Street Tinley Park, IL 60477 Phone: 708-342-6240 Fax: 708-342-6250		18440 Governor's Highway Homewood, IL 60430 Phone: 708-798-2191 Fax: 708-798-2317

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