Healthy eyes and vision are critical for a kid’s social development and learning abilities. A pediatric eye doctor should regularly examine their eyes to diagnose and treat vision problems earlier. At Netralayam, we have fellowship trained pediatric ophthalmologists and state-of-the-art equipment to provide the finest surgical and medical care for common and complex vision problems. We customize exams, diagnosis, and treatment to each child’s age, developmental stage, and eye care needs.
If you are looking for an experienced and child-friendly pediatric ophthalmologist near you, schedule an appointment with Dr. Lav Kochgaway.
Pediatric Cataract Surgery Cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens, leading to blurred vision, dulled vision, and sensitivity to light and glare. Pediatric cataract surgery is performed to resolve traumatic cataracts, congenital cataracts, developmental cataracts and secondary cataracts.
Pediatric Trauma Surgery It is performed to treat any injury to a child’s eye, including damage caused by chemicals, elbow, fist, and ball, burns or infections on the cornea, stick or projectile entering the eye, etc.
Contact Lens Contact lenses are an effective treatment for correcting various vision problems, including myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, hyperopia, amblyopia, squint, cataract, etc.
Squint Surgery Misalignment of the eyes (strabismus/squint) occurs when both eyes cannot look in the same direction simultaneously. Squint can be caused by inheritance, Down syndrome, brain tumors, or cerebral palsy. The surgery resolves misaligned eyes and associated symptoms such as decreased vision, depth perception, double vision, and difficulty reading.
ROP Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) affects the retinal blood vessels and makes the eye blood vessels grow abnormally and randomly in premature babies and babies with low birth weight. ROP screening is performed when your baby is between 4 and 6 weeks old to detect any signs of the condition, including abnormal eye movement and white pupils.
Standard Facilities for Pediatric Assessment – Tonopen and Lea Symbol We use Tonopen, a compact, portable tonometer to measure the intraocular pressure inside the eye. This measurement indicates whether your child has pediatric glaucoma, an eye disease that can lead to vision loss if untreated.
Luneau Loose Prism Set and Titmus Stereo Acuity Chart Titmus stereo acuity chart consists of a large-disparity housefly, animals and nine circle sets viewed stereoscopically to measure the ability to perceive depth (stereopsis) and detect where stereopsis is absent. Luneau loose prism set is used to assess squint in the child.
Previously the Assistant Medical Director of Sankara Nethralaya, Dr. Lav Kochgaway is an extremely knowledgeable, senior clinician and a surgeon par excellence with more than 20 years of experience in the field of ophthalmology. Dr Kochgaway after leaving Sankara Nethralaya, started his practice at B B Eye Foundation, Kolkata as Senior Consultant – Pediatric, Cataract, Squint & Neuro-ophthalmology. Currently, he is Director – B B Eye Foundation VIP & Netralayam Eye Care Centre Pvt. Ltd.
After completing his Masters of Surgery (Ophthalmology) from Patna University (PMCH), Dr. Kochgaway joined fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at the prestigious Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai where he trained under the great teachers of Ophthalmology like Dr. T.S. Surendran who have trained some of the biggest names in Ophthalmology today. Dr Kochgaway was the first candidate to join the reputed Sankara Nethralaya-Orbis Pediatric Ophthalmology Training and Learning Centre as Fellow. Dr. Kochgaway was judged the Best Outgoing Fellow of his time.
Though Dr. Kochgaway is very proficient in all types of Ophthalmic surgeries, his areas of expertise are Adult & Pediatric Cataract, Squint, Ocular trauma & Lasik. He has performed more than 15000 complicated surgeries and one of the best Cataract Surgeon in the country.
His quality work and evidence based practice makes him popular amongst his patients and is a much loved doctor and a favourite of his patients. And though he his very career oriented having strong academic background, the thing that strikes his patients the most is his gentle, empathetic nature and his warm smile.
Pediatric ophthalmologists can diagnose and provide treatment for children’s vision issues. They prescribe glasses and contact lenses.
Glasses, injections, eye exercises, and surgery can correct a toddler’s squint.
Some children can be born with a squint or develop it between 1 and 4 years.
In children, squint can be identified by symptoms, including headaches, decreased vision, double vision, difficulty reading, and impaired depth perception.
A child should visit an ophthalmologist when they have vision problems.
Children should have their first eye exam when they are aged six months and then at least once every year.
Strabismus, also called squint is a condition where a person’s eyes are misaligned.
Types of Strabismus are: