Eye Surgery

Eye Clinic of the multidisciplinary medical center of Braunschweig is one of the largest ophthalmology clinics in Northern Germany. Our team, including three senior doctors, six assistants and more than 40 nurses led by Professor Dr. Ulrich Weber carries out several thousand surgical interventions every year. We are the teaching hospital of the Hannover Medical School. Our range of services includes all modern diagnostic procedures as well as conservative therapy and eye surgery for the entire range of eye diseases from cataract to retinal detachment.

Eye Surgical Procedures Held in the Clinic of Braunschweig

Eye surgery in Germany has been developing by leaps and bound both in terms of surgeon skills and medical equipment. Eye operations have become a routine nowadays and German ophthalmology clinics perform hundreds of thousand interventions every year. In Clinic of Braunsweigh, we offer to our patients the following surgical services:

• Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation
• Glaucoma operations
• Seamless pars plana vitrectomy
• Corneal transplants
• Corneal cross-linking surgery
• Conjunctiva surgery
• Laser treatment of retinal diseases
• LASIK refractive surgery
• Tear trough operations
• Plastic surgery of the eyelids

Our services are available both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

Inpatient Stay

If you consider eye surgery in Germany, you will find in our clinic high class facilities and amenities. We have 30 beds for patients in our Eye Ward that are arranged in three four-bed rooms, four triple rooms, one twin room and two twin rooms with shower and WC. All rooms have televisions, telephone and WLAN for a fee.

We have qualified nurses who ensure quality service and take care of patients according to the highest professional standards and working instructions. Our menu assistants ask daily for the wishes of our patients. Many of our patients take meals in the day room, where you also will find a TV, water filter, tea, coffee and hot water. Our staffs do their best for your quick recovery after eye surgery and pleasant stay in our clinic in Germany.

Ambulatory Services

In order to reduce hospital stay you may have all necessary diagnostics and a pre-surgery consultation on anesthesia on an outpatient basis a few days before your operation and, then, come to the clinic on the day of your surgery.

Presently, many outpatient eye operations are performed in our clinic. New surgical techniques allow reducing duration of surgery significantly and make it possible for the patient to recover in a few hours and go home the same day.

Diagnostics before Eye Surgery in Germany

Before surgery a patient goes through comprehensive diagnostic: only after this therapy or surgery can be initiated. For this purpose, we have a fully equipped diagnostic center with numerous examination procedures available:

• Direct and indirect gonioscopy
• Electrophysiology in Neuroophthalmology:
  • Electrooculography (EOG)
  • Electroretinography (whole-field and multifocal ERG)
  • Visually evoked potential (H-VEP, M-VEP)
• Color vision testing (Ishihara, Velhagen, anomaloscope)
• Fluorescence angiography
• Slit lamp fundus photography
• Visual field examination
• Photo stress test
• Corneal pachymetry
• Corneal topography including keratoconus screening
• ICG angiography
• Keratometry
• Confocal corneal microscopy
• Laser biometry and ultrasound biometry
• Nyctometry
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
• Anisocoria diagnostics
• Schirmer-Jones test (tear-break-up-time)
• Ultrasound, A-image and B-image

With all above examination methods we guarantee you precise diagnosis and adequate treatment.

Operating Theatre

In our ophthalmology clinic we have a modern operating room with high-quality equipment including:

• High resolution stand microscope
• Eye lasers:
  • Nd YAG laser
  • Argon laser
  • CO2 laser
  • Diode laser
• Air filtration system

The Management of the clinic follows the latest technical innovations in the field of eye surgery in Germany to be always up to date.

Our Operating Team

We have the three operating ophthalmologists in our clinic: Chief Physician Dr. Lucia Engelhardt, Senior Specialist Dr. Ying Wu and Functional Surgeon Dimitrios Zormpas. In complex cases, an appointment with the Head of Clinic, Professor Dr. Ulrich Weber is possible by referral of attending physician. A team of medical assistants helps the surgeon during surgery.

Make an Appointment

The health of your eyes means a higher quality of your life. If you have any disturbing eye symptoms, do not delay your visit to ophthalmology. The modern eye surgery in Germany can help you to fix many problems related to the eyes as cataract, glaucoma and corneal diseases. LASIK surgery to correct your vision will help you to put aside your eyewear aside and see the world clearly and sharply. Call us to make an appointment for eye surgery in Germany.