Can anyone recommend a really good eye surgeon for cataracts? Ticino would be preferable, but willing to travel to Zurich, Bern, Geneva etc. My mother in law has already had one unsuccessful surgery and it needs to be repaired.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
Best wishes,
Laurie
http://www.augenklinik-bern.ch/
I don't know if you need a referral from an opthalmologist, however. You might call them and check. The office staff speak some English.
He is my hero now......
Just a tip. Having it done while awake (the first time) was the worst experience for me ever.....I tell you....not nice.
Let them knock out Granny.....
Augenklinik of the UniSpital here in Zurich. The best. I can personally recommend the director, prof. Klara Landau, and Dr. Michels and Dr. Bistoletti, who operated me (not cataract in my case, but they do these as well).
Good luck to your grandma!
If I may say, best in the world.
Swiss medical services are still conservative, if you ask me. SNEC doctors will do procedures which Swiss doctors are unaware of, or unwilling to do.
In my case, I had eye surgery done that noone in Canada or the US wanted to do and my quality of life was improved very much. No glasses or contacts for 8 years!
Now I need to do the cataract part and the doctor tells me it is like getting a haircut. Evidently not!
Else you need a recut like the op said.
My eye doctor told me that the "bag" in which the lens are positioned in vary rare cases can crack/tear when they makes the first cut.
Since it was only in very rare cases i.e that "would certainly not happen to me", I opted for having the procedure done while awake.
When I finally lay there with one eye shut, the other spread open and staring into the sharp bright light and I could see them fiddle around in my eye, I was shit scared to be honest and I wished so much that a friendly nurse would hold my hand
Suddenly the eye doctor and the nurse said a lot in Swiss before leaving the room. After a few minutes they came back and told me that the bag had cracked and they need to ship me to Triemli Spital. This was in the afternoon and since the pressure in the eye was to high for the eye to be operated on, I had to wait until the following morning. It was a very long and painfull night. First thing next morning I was knocked out and they fixed the eye. Woke up...pain was gone....but eye still there
The result is not that good however. When the eye doctor test it she is very happy that I see so well but in real life I would say it is kinda blurry and not that fantastic. All lights at night also makes "stars" in the operated eye.....quite annoying.
My intension is certainly not to scare you and I am sure that many other fine folks on EF have a much better experience........but like a hair cut..? I think not.
I really value your input!
All best,
Laurie
So yes, sometimes crap happens, but it's not common place. For a redo, however, I would go to a special eye clinic. And, there is a lot they can do with surgery and so on. Good luck.
12 years ago, I for a second forgot what "fore" ment while playing golf and I took a golf ball straight into my left eye. Auch.....
After recovery my eye was fine until cataract started to develop some ten years after the blow. So...maybe my lens "bag" had problems beyound the knowledge of the eye doctor prior to the operation.
Does cost of cataract operation covered by CH health insurance.
What are the cost not covered. Any experiences?
I know two people who went to the Bern Inselspital, and both required more visits later, so the procedure might not be so simple. (They only operate on one eye each week)
The invoices have started coming through. The initial consultation with the surgeon was billed as any doctor's consultation, so either in your "franchise" or 10%. The invoice for the cataract operation was sent direct to my health insurer (cost a little over 2500 CHF/eye) and I have been invoiced for 10% of that.
I got my astigmatism corrected, but for some reason only known to the people who decide such things, that is not covered by the LAMAL (basic insurance). I haven't been billed for that yet, but was told about 300 CHF.
Is it possible to have your cataracts removed while NOT being awake?
I've been told it's in my genetics and I will most like have to do it at around 45, but I am freaking deadly scared of the idea...
I think I will either do it LS or Bern.
How long does it usually last?
Now - as per panic. You were unable to see yourself as a parent and fainting at the idea of a childbirth ever since I met you. And look at you now.. I would avoid a general anesthesia for neurological/brain chemistry related aftermath, if the procedure is so routine and localized. Even if you have to go through some therapy/yoga/meditation/marathon running afterwards to put your phobic nerves back in shape again