Ophthalmology Clinic

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Senior Physician: Private lecturer Josef Schmidbauer, MD
Phone: +49 911 398 2668

Nursing Service Management: Dean of Nursing Dirk Münch
Phone: +49 911 398 2374

Range of services

• Special diagnosis
• Slit lamp biomicroscopy
• Fluorescence angiography (illustrating the vessels of the inner eye)
• Computer perimetry (measuring the field of vision)
• Ultrasonic echography (biometry)
• Tonometry (measuring the pressure of the inner eye)
• Anomaloscopy (diagnosis for impaired sense of colour)
• Electrophysiological examination methods
• "Squint school"

Range of surgical procedures

• All types of cataract surgery (90% ultrasonic technique/phacoemulsification)
• Postoperative cataract treatment with laser procedures
• Glaucoma surgery including laser and cryotechniques
• Operative treatment of retina diseases including vitreum surgery
• Squint operations
• Plastic surgery to the eyelids, lacrimal ducts and conjunctiva
• Cornea transplants

There is always a possibility of outpatient/day-patient surgery.

Adults accompanying children can also be admitted on agreement.

Range of conservative procedures

• Diagnosis and therapy of diseases to the eye and orbital cavity
• Laser therapy for retina diseases (diabetes, holes in the retina)
• Angiography of the retinal vessels
• Diagnosis and treatment of squint problems
• Ultrasonic diagnosis of the eye and orbital cavity
• Diagnosis and therapy of "dry eye" syndrome
• Fitting contact lenses and magnifying visual aids

Performance figures 2001

No. of patients admitted 2400
Operations in the clinic/for outpatients 3500
Outpatient examinations 10,000
Laser therapy 780
Outpatient consultations 17,000