Diagnosis of cataract


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Cataract

A cataract is partial or complete turbidity of  the eye lens. The lens is an essential element of the optical system of the eye, responsible for  good vision from near and far. The lens is located inside the eye behind the iris and is involved in the formation of images on the retina (localized in the back of the eyeball). Turbidity  of the lens makes it difficult or even impossible to see.

Cataract consists in partial or total lens turbidity.

Loss of translucency of the lens is most often associated with age (senile cataract), but may also be traumatic, congenital, metabolic or drug-induced. The only way to “cure” cataract is surgical removal of the turbid  lens and replacing it with a new – artificial one. Modern medicine has made huge progress in the field of cataract surgery and now millions of people undergo this operation.

Treatment of cataract

Loss of translucency of the lens is most often associated with age (senile cataracts), but can also be traumatic, congenital, metabolic or drug-induced. The only way to “cure” cataract is surgical removal of the cloudy lens and replacing it with a new – artificial. Modern medicine has made huge progress in the field of cataract surgery and now millions of people undergo this operation.

This technique does not require suture, since the wound is sealed by itself under the influence of intraocular pressure of operated eye. The artificial lenses implanted in  Optomed are  one of the safest and most modern foldable lenses used in the world today. They are manufactured from a material created specifically for use in the human eye and have a positive long-term results, confirmed by numerous clinical research (low percentage of postoperative complications).

After phacoemulsification  and implantation of an artificial lens,   the patient recovers in a short time. On the operated eye ,  a dressing is placed , which is removed the next day during  follow-up examination.

See more about phacoemulsification

Each patient, after consultation with a  doctor can decide on implanting the lens RESTORE made by Alcon, which has a diffractive system that  provides  vision for distance and near,  without the need for wearing additional glasses.
These lenses can be equipped with an extra  yellow filter,  which significantly reduces the risk of degenerative changes in the retina.

In addition, one  can use toric  lenses and bifocal ones  that allow compensation  of  the existing vision defects before surgery. They also make it possible to see from  distance and near , eliminating the need to wear glasses.

Glaucoma and cataracts

Glaucoma is a disease ,in which there is a dysfunction of aqueous fluid  outflow from the eye, thus increasing the fluid pressure in the eye. This contributes to the narrowing of the  field of vision, visual acuity reduction and damage of  the optic nerve.

In patients qualified  for cataract surgery, and with accompanying  glaucoma, it  is  possible to combine cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) with glaucoma surgery-called  trabeculectomy.

Such a procedure is called phacotrabeculectomy and involves the removal of cataract and the implantation of an artificial lens as well as  creating an additional  outflow  of excess liquid from the interior of the eye, under the conjunctiva. The same incision  is used , and the  formed fistula lowers intraocular pressure and allows to eliminate  anti-glaucoma drops.


Kind of examination
First examination
€ 45,00

Both eyes are examined

Consulting the prosthetist
€ 29,00

Consultation with Mr. Thorsten Meyer

Additional examinations
OCT (Optical coherent tomography of retina with GDX and HRT function)
€ 45,00

Both eyes are examined

Digital fluorescein angiography
€ 49,00

Both eyes are examined

Digital fluorescein angiography and OCT
€ 75,00

Both eyes are examined

Visual field -angiography
€ 15,00

Both eyes are examined

Corneal topography
€ 10,00

Both eyes are examined

Intraoculat pressure measurement-tonometry
€ 2,00

Both eyes are examined

Autorefraktometer
€ 10,00

Both eyes are examined

Extended diagnostics: OCT and Visual field
€ 70,00

Both eyes are examined

USG A
€ 17,00

Both eyes are examined

USG B
€ 27,00

Both eyes are examined

Photo of fundus
€ 27,00

Both eyes are examined

Photo of eye front section
€ 27,00

Both eyes are examined

Examination of fundus
€ 40,00

Both eyes are examined

Pachymetry
€ 15,00

Both eyes are examined

Lenses fitting
Selection of lenses
€ 70,00

Both eyes are examined

Selection of soft lenses
€ 40,00

Both eyes are examined

Selection of soft toric lenses
€ 55,00

Both eyes are examined

Lacrimal ducts examination
Lacrimal duct probing
€ 85,00
Lacrimal duct flushing
€ 40,00
Plug implanting into canaliculus
€ 75,00
Diagnostics microendoscopy
€ 650,00
Post-DCR consultation package
€ 139,00

Covers whole treatment period (6–9 months)

Examination & Treatment packages
A full eye examination
€ 60,00
Glaukoma package
€ 70,00
The annual VIVID HOME package
€ 1700,00

140 € / month

3-month VIVID HOME package
€ 400,00

125 € / month

Orthokeratology
Orthokeratology
€ 519,00

Myopia othokeratology (shortsightedness in children and adults) includes package of consultations and lens cost

Cataract
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable ALCON lenses
€ 759,00
Phacoemulsification cataract surgery with implantation of foldable Acrysof IQ lenses
€ 879,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable multifocal RESTOR lenses
€ 1549,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable multifocal RESTOR TORIC lenses
€ 1819,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable multifocal lenses M+ lenses
€ 1129,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable multifocal M+ TORIC lenses
€ 1459,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable toric ACRYSOF lenses
€ 1169,00
Phacoemulsification of cataract with implantation of foldable toric RYNER lenses
€ 1019,00
Phacoemulsification of complicated cataract with implantation of foldable lens
€ 1350,00
Phacoemulsification of complicated cataract together with the implantation of WIOL bio-analogical multifocal lens
€ 1429,00

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