Looking for referrals from people that have had cataract surgery / lens implants done in Chiang Mai. I know there are a variety of places in CM that can do this surgery, but I am looking a someone with a good reputation and of course, price is a factor. 

 

I was recently diagnosed with a cataract in one eye, not too bad, but it is effecting the prescription for that eye. My optometrist say that it would not be advisable to change prescriptions to correct this until I had cataract surgery. I went to RAM to have this diagnosed and to check on getting it fixed. There was one test they could not do as they did not have the equipment to do the test. It turns out that if you have had Lasik in the past, cataract surgery is not as straight forward. They referred me to Sriphat hospital round the corner where I had this one test done. Now I am ready to go in for the surgery and am looking for people's experiences. I am leaning toward having the cataract surgery done at Sriphat by Dr Manachai as the cost is roughly 15,000 baht less than at RAM. Any insight would be appreciated. 

Sripat is definitely best option.

Make sure your doctor has experience doing cataract repair on Lasik patients and get your original eye measurements including corneal power from the place that did the Lasik, this is necessary for calculation od correct lens.

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Thanks for the reply Sheryl. 

Getting the original corneal measurements is probably not possible as I originally had Lasik done 10 years ago in my country. I was referred to Dr Manachai as he has experience in these types of surgery. 

I appreciate the positive response on Sriphat. 

I had Lasik 20 years ago but was still able to get my original measurements. Contact the place where you had it done in your home country. They should till have this info on file and will be used to such inqueries.

What is the cost of the surgery at Sripat ???, I also need the surgery in both eyes. I also had lasik done 15 years ago in U.S

Thanks

13 minutes ago, Blue bruce said:

What is the cost of the surgery at Sripat ???, I also need the surgery in both eyes. I also had lasik done 15 years ago in U.S

Thanks

 

It's 45,000 baht per eye, with a monocular lens. 

thank you for the reply