Orbital Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of orbital surgery 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 orbital surgery 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 orbital surgery, 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

Orbital surgery treats difficulties of the eye socket (orbit), such as bulging eyes from thyroid eye disease, fractures of the socket bones, and tumours or cysts behind the eye.

Orbital surgery might be needed for thyroid eye disease, in which swollen tissue behind the eye causes bulging or presses on the optic nerve, for fractures of the bones around the eye, and for tumours or cysts.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust makes clear that orbital decompression removes part of the socket walls, and sometimes fat, to reduce bulging and pressure, taking approximately two hours under general anaesthetic, generally with one night as an inpatient.

The Dorset leaflet reports double vision needing prisms or squint surgery in approximately 10 to 15%, numbness of the cheek or lip in up to 1 in 100, and severe loss of sight or spinal fluid leak in up to 1 in 1,000.

Bruising lasts three to four weeks, and most patients return to work in one to two weeks.

Fitness to fly: laser and surface eye treatments have no specific aviation rule, so you can usually fly after the first check if the eye surgeon agrees.

In Chennai, the price of orbital surgery 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.
• Condition: thyroid eye disease, fracture or growth.
• Approach: through the eyelid, nose or skin.
• Anaesthesia: general.
• Stay: frequently one night.

Eye surgery estimates in Chennai frequently list the lens or implant, 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.

Chennai International Airport, at Meenambakkam on the south-western side of the city, handles direct international flights, and most hospitals are a road journey away, so check the transfer time when you book.