The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- ophthalmologic examination:
- slit-lamp examination
- pupil function tests
- ocular motility test
- ophthalmoscopy
- perimetry (visual field test)
- computer perimetry
- visometry (without correction and with correction)
- keratometry
- pachymetry
- refractometry (objective, subjective, cycloplegic)
- autorefractometry
- non-contact tonometer
- biomicroscopy
- fluorescein angiography (on indication)
- photokeratoscopy
- laser doppler retinal vessels
- electron microscopy of retinal capillaries
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- blood coagulation analysis (aPTT, PT, INR)
- inflammation indicators (CRP, ESR)
- metabolic status (uric acid, total glucose, HbA1c)
- kidney function test (creatinine, urea)
- preparation according to preoperative standard
- laser retina coagulation
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- nursing services
- treatment by chief physician and all leading experts
- explanation of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
- Optical coherence tomography (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the patients with eye diseases. The specialists of the department provide medical care in case of rare pathologies, such as tumors, eye injuries and macular degeneration, which causes blindness in old age. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Peter Walter.
The department houses a modern Eye Bank, thanks to which the department has all the resources for successful corneal transplantation. The department's doctors have excellent qualifications and rich experience, which in combination with the advanced infrastructure contributes to the provision of first-class medical care.
The main clinical focuses of the department include:
- Diagnostics and treatment of age-related macular degeneration
- Diagnostics and treatment of diabetic retinopathy
- Eyelid and lacrimal duct surgery
- Blepharoplasty
- Ptosis correction in adults and children
- Entropion сorrection
- Ectropion correction
- Eyelid retraction correction
- Resection of benign and malignant tumors of the eyelids, lacrimal ducts
- Reconstructive surgery (for example, reconstructive surgery on the eyelids after burns, reconstruction of the lacrimal ducts in stenosis)
- Diagnostics and treatment of orbital diseases
- Endocrine orbitopathy
- Orbital tumors
- Strabismus correction in children and adults
- Eye muscle surgery in adults and children
- Correction of congenital and acquired nystagmus
- Diagnostics and treatment of paresis of the oculomotor muscles
- Diagnostics and treatment of cataracts
- Diagnostics and treatment of glaucoma
- Diagnostics and treatment of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
- Diagnostics and treatment of macular hole
- Diagnostics and treatment of retinal detachment
- Retinal transplantation (since the beginning of 2012, the department has been using the ARGUS II Retinal Prosthesis System in blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa, which helps blind people to see large objects)
- Other medical services
Photo of the doctor: (c) Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
About hospital
According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German hospitals!
As a maximum care university medical facility, the hospital guarantees patients first-class medical services combined with a respectful and human attitude. The hospital integrates all the modern options for the accurate diagnostics, effective therapy and productive research activities within one specialized center.
The hospital has more than 60 departments, institutes and interdisciplinary centers. A competent team of professionals, consisting of more than 7,000 employees (more than 940 doctors, including about 95 professors), takes care of the patients' health. In addition, multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, as well as medical and technical staff are available here. The patients and respectful attitude to their social, cultural and religious affiliations are at the center of all employees' efforts.
The cornerstone of the successful clinical practice is the innovative technical base. The hospital offers the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Thus, the hospital has all the resources in order to provide top-class medical services.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen live in comfortable single and double rooms. All patient rooms are designed with large windows, so one can enjoy a beautiful landscape view. Each patient room has an ensuite bathroom. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a spacious wardrobe, a TV, a radio and a telephone. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you do not eat all the foods, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or at the hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can live at a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you to choose the most suitable options.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Embolization of tumors and vascular malformations
- Aortic surgery, including in children
- Radiosurgical interventions in the head and body region
- Cochlear implantation
- Treatment of all types of sports injuries
These are pathologies of the brain and spinal cord, benign and malignant tumors of various localizations, congenital and acquired heart defects, joint pathologies, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, eye injuries, inflammatory skin diseases, allergies and other pathologies.
- Oncology (EU Regional Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care Aachen)
- Pediatric cardiac surgery
- General and abdominal surgery
- Plastic and burn surgery
- Pediatric and adolescent medicine
Over 940 highly qualified doctors work at the hospital.