Intacs Corneal Implants Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of Intacs corneal implants in Chennai typically ranges from $1,550 to $5,750 USD (about ₹1.47 lakh to ₹5.45 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for Intacs corneal implants in Chennai is around $2,850 (about ₹2.70 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If one eye is treated with a standard lens or technique, your bill is likely to be closer to $1,550 (about ₹1.47 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $5,750 (about ₹5.45 lakh) if a specialised lens or graft is used, both eyes are treated or advanced equipment is needed.

When comparing Chennai packages for Intacs corneal implants, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• The lens, implant or graft
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Intacs are small curved plastic ring segments placed inside the cornea to flatten and reshape it, chiefly for people with keratoconus who no longer see well with glasses or contact lenses.

Moorfields outlines intracorneal ring segments inserted into a laser-made channel to improve the shape of the cornea and reduce irregularity, using one or two rings, and observes that they suit only a select group of people.

The rings improve corneal shape but do not halt keratoconus.

Moorfields observes that corneal cross-linking with riboflavin drops and ultraviolet light halts keratoconus in more than 90% of people. The two treatments are frequently combined.

Vision might vary for a number of weeks, glasses or contact lenses are frequently still needed, and the rings can be taken out or exchanged if necessary.

Fitness to fly: the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance suggests about a week after an operation inside the eye, after the surgeon has reviewed it.

In Chennai, the price of Intacs corneal implants is generally built from these parts:

• Eye measurements and scans: carried out before surgery.
• Lens, implant or graft: a standard or premium choice.
• Surgeon's fee: for the eye specialist.
• Segments: one or two per eye.
• Channel: made by laser or by hand.
• Cross-linking: frequently combined.
• Follow-up: and lens fitting.

Eye surgery estimates in Chennai frequently list the lens, implant or donor tissue, surgeon, theatre, medicines and follow-up appointments separately, so compare like with like.

Eye care in Chennai is provided by hospital ophthalmology departments and by specialist eye hospitals with separate clinics for cataract, cornea, glaucoma and retina.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Foreign patients can apply online for an Indian e-Medical visa, and family members who travel with them for an e-Medical Attendant visa; the official visa website lists the current conditions.