Orbital Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of orbital surgery in Gurgaon typically ranges from $1,900 to $7,000 USD (about ₹1.80 lakh to ₹6.64 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for orbital surgery in Gurgaon is around $3,500 (about ₹3.32 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 $1,900 (about ₹1.80 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $7,000 (about ₹6.64 lakh) if a specialised lens or graft is used, both eyes are treated or advanced equipment is needed.

When comparing Gurgaon 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 issues of the eye socket (orbit), including bulging eyes from thyroid eye disease, fractures of the socket bones, and tumours or cysts behind the eye.

Orbital surgery may be required 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 says that orbital decompression takes away part of the socket walls, and sometimes fat, to reduce bulging and pressure, taking about two hours under general anaesthetic, normally with one night on the ward.

The Dorset leaflet reports double vision needing prisms or squint surgery in about 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 the majority of people return to work in one to two weeks.

Flying home: aviation guidance sets no wait for laser or surface eye treatment, so you can usually travel after the first follow-up check if the surgeon agrees.

A Gurgaon quote for orbital surgery is normally made up of these items:

• Measurements and eye scans: taken ahead of the operation.
• Lens, implant or graft: a standard or a premium choice.
• Eye surgeon's fee: which varies between centres.
• Condition: thyroid eye disease, fracture or growth.
• Approach: through the eyelid, nose or skin.
• Anaesthesia: general.
• Stay: commonly one night.

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

Eye care in Gurgaon is offered by hospital ophthalmology departments and by dedicated eye hospitals with separate clinics for cataract, cornea, glaucoma and retina.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Gurgaon sits on the south-western edge of Delhi, a short road transfer from Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the usual arrival point for international patients.