ABOUT I.O.

The Eye Institute (IO) is the department of ophthalmology of the Hospital da Ordem Terceira where we have gathered the human and material resources enabling to provide eye care to those who seek us.

Supported by a large team of ophthalmologists and technicians, IO approaches eye diseases in a multidisciplinary way, ranging from paediatric ophthalmology, refractive problems, glaucoma, retinal diseases, and frequent surgeries (strabismus, cataract, and glaucoma), to the most sophisticated anterior segment surgeries, such as femtosecond laser cataract, refractive surgery (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) and corneal grafts with femtosecond laser and posterior segment surgeries (retinal detachments and vitrectomy).

MISSION

Hospital da Ordem Terceira in general and IO in specific, hold service to others as their motto, namely those in pain, who are ill, and who need care, who we must serve using the whole of our technical and scientific competence, without neglecting a humane and customised patient care.

Our care is evidenced by the quality certification granted to IO by APCER (Portuguese Certification Association), from 2008 to date, mentioning « service compliance, customer satisfaction and ongoing improvement».

FACILITIES-EQUIPMENT

With a large area on HOTC 4th floor, IO holds 3 medical offices, 1 screening office, 1 contactology office, 6 test offices, a room for minor surgeries and intravitreal injections, and an operating unit equipped with an Excimer Laser, and a Femtosecond Laser for corneal surgery.

It also holds 2-3 rooms in the central operating unit, with all the necessary conditions to perform eye surgeries (operating microscope, and phacoemulsification and vitrectomy devices), in addition to a room with Femtosecond Laser for cataract laser surgery.

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

I.O. provides services in the several sub-fields of ophthalmology, from appointments and screenings, to contactology, strabismology, ocular inflammations, glaucoma, medical and surgical retina.

Within surgical practice, IO stands out for the relevance given to refractive surgery, namely correcting ametropias (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) using technique of intraocular lens implantation or the Excimer Laser techniques (Lasik e PRK), and to the transplant field, Hospital da Ordem Terceira having been one of the first private hospitals to be given certification for a cornea transplant program by the IPST (Portuguese Institute of Blood and Transplantation).

Femtosecond Laser allowed to perform Lasik surgeries (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) without resorting to any blade, thus reducing the surgeon’s manual intervention, and allowing to obtain better results, as well as an extremely high safety level.

IO is also equipped with a Femtosecond Laser for cataract surgeries, a high-precision laser technology with computerised control and 3D image customisation, allowing to achieve better results in such surgeries, and a swifter patient recovery.