Departmental Focus:
Instruction of ophthalmology for students of general medicine. Surgery of anterior and posterior segments of the eye in both children and adults: cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, vitreous surgery. Surgery of the periocular region: reconstruction of lacrimal passages, cosmetic eye-lid operations. Inflammatory diseases of the eye, metabolic defects, diabetic retinopathy, senile macular degenerations. Specialization: congenital cataract and glaucoma in childhood, retinopathy of premature children, eye tumours in childhood, diagnostic and surgical treatment of the posterior segment of the eye, traumatology of the eye. Conservative and surgical treatment of all types of strabism. Treatment of disorders of binocular vision. Permanent care for children with strabism in co-operation with the Centre for Sight Defects.