How Much does Cataract Eye Surgery Cost in India?

The human eye has a natural lens generally termed as a crystalline lens. Cataract is a vision defect in which the symptom is a strong glare from light sources in the morning and poor vision at night. It reduces acuity as there is cloudiness of the lens as transparency of the natural lens of the eye decreases. People with age of 50 or more generally suffer from this condition but other cause of cataract maybe genetic, diabetes, UV rays or eye injury.

 

  Common types of cataracts:   

1. 1. Age:: Cost of Cataract surgery in a rural area is significantly less than urban cities. Also, studies have observed a difference in overall cost between tier two and tier three cities. Hence, when determining the cost of the surgery, the location affects the total cost significantly.

1. 1. Congenital:This is rare and develops in the eye since childhood. Depending on its onset and severity, symptoms may vary.

1. 1. Secondary: Suffering from diabetes, exposed in area where high radiations are emitted or UV rays, steroids or prolonged period of drug and alcohol abuse, is the major cause.

1. 1. Traumatic: As the name suggests, any kind of shock like electrical, mechanical as an injury etc. is the cause of this type of cataract.

What influences the price of cataract Eye surgery in India?

• • Technology:: A hospital offering all the latest equipment may charge a little more than other clinics. With the rise in technology, things are becoming easy.

• • Location::Depending upon the city where the Hospital is based, the amount of cataract surgery may differ.

• • Aftercare:: Many clinics or Hospitals offer aftercare as a package. Which means one doesn’t necessarily has to opt for it, which in turn means bearing more money.

• • Types of Procedure: Certain minimally invasive, non-standard procedures can make a difference in the price.

80% of blind people in the 90s had a cataract in one of their eyes and more than 10 million had bilateral cataract in India. Cataract surgery is outpatient and it is the safest intervention in medical history.

Cost of Cataract Eye Surgery in India

The cost of cataract eye surgery in India Costs up to 20,000 to 1,20,000 INR. The cost varies from hospital to hospital and the Type of Cataract Eye Procedure chosen.

Also Check: Cataract Eye Treatment Cost in Bangalore

Below are the Different types of Cataract Eye treatments with their Cost in India.

1. 1. Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery:: Surgery takes an hour and is done by giving anesthesia locally before making any incision. Less than 4mm three-minute incisions are made in the side of the cornea. Cataract is broken into small pieces before removal with the help of ultrasound and sucked out through a tube. An artificial lens, generally made of plastic, silicone or acrylic compounds is inserted in the place of the natural lens, which has been removed. As the artificial lens takes the position inside the eye, the surgery is completed as there is no need to close the incision, as it’s very minute and the patient can go home the same day. As it is the conventional cataract surgery, it costs around Rs.40,000 for each eye.

1. 1. Extra capsular Cataract Surgery:In this method, an incision is made larger than phacoemulsification surgery and it takes a long recovery period as compared. With the help of anesthesia, the eye area is numbed and the patient remained awake during the process. The incision is made large about 12 mm on the side of the cornea, which makes easier for the doctor to remove the natural cloudy lens of the patient’s eye at once with breaking it into fragments. Then artificial lens is inserted as a replacement, which helps in clear vision. As it takes place of the natural lens, the sutures are made to close the incision. The stitches heal on its own; there is no need for removal. Its costs vary from Rs.40, 000- Rs. 60,000 depending on the equipment used.

1. 1. Bladeless Cataract Surgery: As the name suggests, there is no incision made. It’s computer-guided femtosecond laser which dissolves the cataract. It’s the evolution of the cataract surgery which eliminates human error and is faster than conventional ones. Optical coherence Tomograph is the machine used in which a detailed 3- D image of the eye is created, which helps to customize and precise surgery. The femtosecond laser cuts the cataract tissue and precision wise best method. As the surgery is technical and upgraded, the cost is almost double the conventional surgery and costs nearly Rs. 95,000 to Rs. 1, 20,000 depending on where the surgery is performed.

Seedi eye Care Centre, used certain procedures which is the best for cataract surgery and one can be restyle sure about that.

We are serving the patients in Jaya Mahal, apart from this location will also serve the patients from different locations of Bangalore such as Whitefield, Electronic City, Hebbal, Manyata tech park, RT Nagar, Benson Town, JC Nagar, Sanjay Nagar and surroundings locations.

If you are looking for clinic for cataract surgery, you know whom to knock. Seedi eye care, one can pull up their website to go through more details.

Cataract Surgery Recovery Time

It usually takes 6 weeks to 10 weeks for the patient to completely recover from the surgery.