Patient Instructions for Surgery
PATIENTS BEING DISCHARGED FROM SURGERY
Contacts
Who should I contact if I need support following my discharge?
Mr Mahi Muqit (Consultant) 07801783789
Email: pp@retinasurgeon.uk.com
Practice Support:
07717203564
Email:
Moorfields Private patients: pp@retinasurgeon.uk.com
The London Clinic patients: pp@retinasurgeon.uk.com
For advice during daytime hours until 9.00pm in the evening:
Weekdays 9.00pm to 8.30am or Weekends 9.00pm to 8.30am
Moorfields Eye Hospital, Main Switchboard:
0207 253 3411
Mr Mahi Muqit (Consultant)
07801783789
Please be vigilant of the following eye problems:
Pain: If you experience pain in your operated eye, you should take your usual pain relief. If the pain persists you should follow the contact advice.
Vision Loss: If you notice any loss of vision you should contact your surgeon Mr Mahi Muqit immediately during daytime hours until 9.00pm in the evening.
After 9.00pm in the evening, please visit your local Eye Emergency department, or go to the 24-hour Accident & Emergency department at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Feeling Unwell: If you are feeling generally unwell, contact your General Practitioner
Please wear the protective shield at night for 1 day unless otherwise instructed. To clean the shield, simply rinse it under the tap and dry it with a clean tissue.
Do Not Rub or Press your eye for two weeks, or longer if advised
You should avoid: heavy manual lifting, contact sports, gardening, swimming until you have discussed this with Mr Mahi Muqit at your follow up appointment
You may continue all of your other usual activities: showering, washing your face and hair (though try to keep water out), watching television, reading, using handheld devices/tablets, cooking, praying and going for walks, unless you are advised otherwise.
You should not use eye make-up until seen in your follow up appointment.
There is no problem wearing your current glasses if you wish. The spectacle lens in the operated eye may be covered with masking tape to block out any reflections or shadows from an air bubble or gas bubble. Please do not wear contact lenses in the operated eye until discussed with Mr Mahi Muqit.
If you run out of eye drops, please contact your GP for a repeat prescription, or contact the secretary of Mr Mahi Muqit for advice.
- Always wash your hands
- Tilt your head back
- Gently pull down your lower lid with one hand
- Look up and allow drops to fall inside the lower eyelid
- Don not let the tip of the bottle touch your eyeball
- Use a clean tissue to dab your closed eye, not a handkerchief
- Leave a gap of between 3 and 5 minutes between each eye drop.
This advice will be useful if you are having an operation for macular hole, retinal detachment, and in cases of vitreomacular traction with a macular hole.
Posturing is necessary after certain types of macular and retinal surgery to ensure the gas bubble is positioned against the part of the retina that requires flattening.
Never fly in a plane if a gas bubble is still present. This can lead to a severe eye pressure complications and loss of your vision.
Posturing face-down after macular hole surgery. This is only required for the 1 day and 1 night after macular hole surgery.
- Posture as instructed during the day with a 10 minute break every hour (excluding toilet purposes and for meals) and maintain your posture all night if possible.
- Mobility will be limited, but you should move around as much as you can, maintaining your posturing position.
- You might find an inflatable travel pillow and a neck massage help with your posturing.
- Do not lie on your back until the gas bubble has completely disappeared.
- Move around as much as you can maintaining your posturing position.
- An eye filled with a gas bubble will be unable to see clearly. During the first 2 weeks, your eye may only see hand motions or finger counting vision.
- The gas bubble will dissolve naturally over time. As the gas bubble reduces in size, it will float upwards and then cast a shadow that will appear in the lower part of your vision. For a short period, you may see what appears as a “spirit level-like effect” and this is entirely normal as it is due to the light reflecting off the gas bubble.
- In some cases, it is normal for the gas bubble to break into smaller bubbles, and this may appear as “small black, fish egg-like shadows.” These shadows move with your eye, and can appear in the central part of your vision when waking in the morning. These are normal and will disappear as the gas bubble dissolves.
- The short-acting gas bubble will be gone completely by 3 weeks. The longer-acting gas bubble will be gone completely by 2 months.
- After the gas bubble has disappears, the eye becomes filled with aqueous fluid that is always present inside the eye.
To book an appointment call +44 7717 203564 or email pp@retinasurgeon.uk.com
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Patient Feedback
Between 2000 and 2002, I had operations then on both eyes in the course of which I lost any detailed sight in my left eye and rely entirely for detail on the right. I suffered tears to my one good eye. I was very worried that both my personal and professional life would be seriously damaged. You temporarily arrested the potential for further damage in the short term with laser treatment pending the (vitrectomy) operation that was successful.
The most important thing and what I much appreciated was the time you took to explain the position clearly, particularly the timing and process. You explained how long this would take and you were precisely right, which meant I was able to manage my life and work during that period with confidence.
The time and attention you gave me in consultations were enormously welcome. It is very important to any patient to have the opportunity to know more, to learn more, and to receive reassurance where that is possible. I received all of that. You took care to understand the nature of my life and work, and to fit your advice to me in ‘my context’ rather than just dealing the specific condition with which you were confronted.
My sight in my right, good, eye, is now better than it has been at any time in the last twelve years.
I am enormously grateful.
Six months ago, a big macular hole was diagnosed which reduced my right-eye vision to 10%. With no prospect of routine surgery due to the Covid crisis, I chose the private services of Mr Muqit, Consultant Opthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon.
My consultation with him was arranged for the next day and he performed a vitrectomy in the private wing of Moorfields Eye Hospital. I am greatly impressed with the urgency he afforded me, his clear explanations and skillful surgery, which has placed me on an ever-improving path to near normality.
I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Mr Mahi Muqit for his expertise & high level of skill, his professionalism and dedication.
As a writer, my sight is extremely precious, so I would not dream of settling for just any eye-surgeon. Mr Muqit is in a class of his own when it comes to the highest standards. Having just had cataract surgery on the right eye, I have now booked with him again for the second eye, & I can honestly say that, despite being a highly nervous person, I feel no fear or even apprehension, because I know I am in the best possible hands.
Our eyes are one of our most precious commodities and thus must be treated with the greatest care and respect. Mr Muqit will ensure that level of care and respect to all his patients from whatever walk of life.
As someone who suffered from high near-sightedness (-8.0 and -9.75) for decades and who had suffered retinal detachments some years previously, I was nervous when at a recent eye-test my optometrist told me that I would need to have cataract surgery sooner rather than later. She told me that Mr Muqit at Moorfields was one of the best eye-surgeons in London to carry out such procedures.
I need not have worried. Mr Muqit carried out each procedure in what seemed like a very short time and with a remarkable lack of discomfort. At each stage, Mr Muqit reassured me of what would be involved and how long recovery would take for each eye. It was quite clear that Mr Muqit is not only a highly skilled surgeon but is also very approachable and provided excellent pastoral care at each stage. I cannot imagine feeling any safer in his (or anyone else’s) hands than I did.
Having worn thick lenses for over fifty years, I now only need reading glasses. I would not hesitate for a second to recommend Mr Muqit to whom I shall be eternally grateful.
I saw Mr Mahi Muqit as I had been having problems with my sight for some time. My vision had significantly deteriorated over previous months to the point where it was affecting my daily activities as well as being no longer able to drive.
Mr Muqit was able to quickly reassure me that my problem was related primarily to cataracts. He was calm, positive, thorough and attentive throughout. He made me feel comfortable and was very patient in answering the many questions I had. Following surgery and during the time under his care I found him to be very supportive even though it was a demanding time for healthcare professionals due to lockdown. My vision has now greatly improved and I lead a full life due to the excellent care and attention I received.
Dr Muqit recently helped me with a problem caused by a lens which had been placed in my eye some time ago, following cataract surgery in California. He replaced the lens and my sight has been 20/20 since. The whole process was very relaxed and absolutely without discomfort or stres of any kind. I would recommend him highly.
I had scleral buckle surgery for retinal detachment on my left eye on August 9th, 2019 in Moorfield Private by Dr Mahi Muqit. I was impressed by the professionalism, responsiveness and care of Dr Mahi Muqit and his team. The surgery was successful and after care great. Well done Team.
I first met Mr Muqit in November 2019. He diagnosed retinal tears in my right eye and subsequently performed laser surgery to repair them.
In February 2021 I then had further surgery on my right eye to repair a number of retinal holes: vitrectomy, macular peel and cryotherapy.
Before both operations, Mr Muqit explained what the procedures entailed, taking time to reassure me and answer all my questions. At all times he was most kind, patient and understanding.
I was especially apprehensive before the vitrectomy, but was amazed at how comfortable I felt, both during and after the procedure Every care was taken for my wellbeing, and the follow-up meetings with Mr Muqit further instilled confidence in my recovery.
I am so grateful for the wonderful skill of Mr Muqit and the team who supported him at the London Clinic. My sincere thanks to Mr Muqit for saving and improving my sight. I have no hesitation in my recommendation of this excellent retinal surgeon.