Vitreoretinal Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of vitreoretinal 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 vitreoretinal 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 vitreoretinal 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

Vitreoretinal surgery treats issues of the retina and the gel inside the eye (the vitreous), including retinal detachment, diabetic eye disease and macular holes, normally by vitrectomy.

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust names retinal detachment, diabetic eye disease including bleeding into the vitreous, macular hole and membranes on the retina among the conditions treated with vitrectomy.

The operation is mainly done under local anaesthetic, with the surgeon removing the gel with fine instruments, repairing the retina and sometimes placing a gas bubble or silicone oil to hold it in place.

The Royal Free advises against flying while gas remains in the eye, because it can expand and raise eye pressure, and face-down positioning may be required for some days while the eye heals over two to six weeks.

Possible risks include cataract, further detachment, raised eye pressure and, very rarely, infection.

Flying home: when gas is put in the eye, UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance rules out flying for around 2 weeks with sulphur hexafluoride or 6 weeks with perfluoropropane, so find out which gas you had.

A Gurgaon quote for vitreoretinal 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: detachment, diabetes or a hole.
• Gas or oil: oil needs a second operation.
• Anaesthesia: normally local.
• Positioning and follow-up: after surgery.

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.

Where a Gurgaon hospital has an international patient desk, ask whether it can issue the letter for your e-Medical visa and help with airport pickup, interpreters and a place to stay nearby.