Who is the best opthamologist/cataract surgeon in Chiang Mai?

[connda]

I've been told by numerous ophthalmologists over the years that I have very misshapen eyes (high myopia -11) and very thin retinas which make cataract surgery relatively difficult and a high risk procedure.  I don't particularly want to end up blinded in order to get the necessary surgery that I'm going to need in the next couple of years in order to be able to adequately see.
As such I really am looking for the best ophthalmologist (and probably a full professor at Chiang Mai University Medical Department) in Chiang Mai to do the operation.  Who would that person be?  @Sheryl If you have an recommendation I'd appreciate your input. Thanks.

[Sheryl]

Moved to Health Forum.

I suggest Assoc.Prof.Paradee Kunavisarut . She is at Sripat and also  at CM Ram

https://sriphat.med.cmu.ac.th/en/doctor/detail/189

I am assuming you have not had refractory surgery (Lasik etc). If you have, please advise as this complicates matters.

 

 

[chiang mai]

See Paradee at Sriphat will be the less expensive option.

[connda]

6 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Moved to Health Forum.

I suggest Assoc.Prof.Paradee Kunavisarut . She is at Sripat and also  at CM Ram

https://sriphat.med.cmu.ac.th/en/doctor/detail/189

I am assuming you have not had refractory surgery (Lasik etc). If you have, please advise as this complicates matters.

 

 

 

Nope.  No previous surgery.

[Expat68]

16 hours ago, chiang mai said:

See Paradee at Sriphat will be the less expensive option.

I believe that is the lady who did mine, she has a clinic off canal road

[chiang mai]

Dr's Preeyanuch and Voraporn, bothe associate professors have good reputations, I've been treated by both and have no major complaints. I also had laser repair done by Paradee, an experience I may share privately but not in the forum.

 

 

[MarkBR]

I wish you success with your cataract operations.  It will dramatically improve the quality of your life.  I had double cataracts and was legally blind.  Once done, you will enjoy life again.

This is an operation will a very high chance of success, one of the commonest in the world.

And as you, obviously, appreciate the key thing is quality of the surgeon.

Good luck

[khunpeer]

19 hours ago, connda said:

I've been told by numerous ophthalmologists over the years that I have very misshapen eyes (high myopia -11) and very thin retinas which make cataract surgery relatively difficult and a high risk procedure.  I don't particularly want to end up blinded in order to get the necessary surgery that I'm going to need in the next couple of years in order to be able to adequately see.
As such I really am looking for the best ophthalmologist (and probably a full professor at Chiang Mai University Medical Department) in Chiang Mai to do the operation.  Who would that person be?  @Sheryl If you have an recommendation I'd appreciate your input. Thanks.

of course every case is different, therefor cannot compare, but if you go to Sripat you get at least value for yr money.

i have also certain eye-condition but dr. Janejit operated me successfully and i can see far, bright and sharp as i have not seen for years!

first she operated me on a retina detachment, let it heal for 2 months, after that the catarac operation seemed so simple! i can fully vouch for dr. Janejit eye department in separate building of Sripat!

good luck!

[connda]

1 hour ago, MarkBR said:

It will dramatically improve the quality of your life.

Not if you end up with detected retinas. 

[thaibeachlovers]

12 hours ago, connda said:

Nope.  No previous surgery.

Good. I am familiar with opthalmic surgery and would never recommend lazer reshaping of the cornea. Too easy for complications.

 

If your eyes are in any way a potential problem you do not under any circumstances want to go on price.

 

Just because someone is a professor, it means nothing practical wise. You want someone that has a high number of cases done, preferably in the thousands, with an absence of complications. You also want someone that doesn't have a high number of patients per session- speed is not good for cataracts.

Try and interview some previous patients.

[thaibeachlovers]

20 minutes ago, connda said:

Not if you end up with detected retinas. 

Just looked it up and a 1 to 1.5 % risk of detached retina. It's not difficult to re attach a retina

Edited September 26 by thaibeachlovers

[chiang mai]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Far as I know there is no evidence that cataract surgery causes detached retinas. It goes no where near the retinas and is confined to the outer chamber of the eye. You may be thinking of the vitrectomy operation to remove the gel from the back of the eye.

Apparently it's a 1% risk.

 

https://www.kcretina.com/blog/treatment-for-cataract-surgery-complications-retinal-detachment#:~:text=Although relatively rare%2C retinal detachment,patient's lifetime after cataract surgery.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, chiang mai said:

Apparently it's a 1% risk.

 

https://www.kcretina.com/blog/treatment-for-cataract-surgery-complications-retinal-detachment#:~:text=Although relatively rare%2C retinal detachment,patient's lifetime after cataract surgery.

Yes. I just corrected my post.

 

I was going by personal experience and of the thousands of cataract surgeries I assisted with, none detached during surgery. However, I can't say if there was a problem post op.

 

Unless complications occur ( very rarely ), the ops are done under local and take about 15 to 20 minutes for a good surgeon not rushing. I think the real superstars of cataracts can do one in about 5 minutes, but I'd never let one of them near my eyes.

[thecyclist]

3 hours ago, MarkBR said:

I wish you success with your cataract operations.  It will dramatically improve the quality of your life.  I had double cataracts and was legally blind.  Once done, you will enjoy life again.

This is an operation will a very high chance of success, one of the commonest in the world.

And as you, obviously, appreciate the key thing is quality of the surgeon.

Good luck

Why did you wait so long?

Cataract is not something you get overnight. Sight gradually deteriorates over years. 

[LOUIS65]

I had cataract surgery with an older lady doctor ,  years of experience , fantastic, speaks good english , at  Sriphat Medical Center Chiang mai. Tel  O53 93 6900.

Dr Janejit Choouuthayakorn . I am very , very happy with the result. Reasonable price too. She is very very booked up, a long wait to see her, but definitly worth it. Highly reccommend. She also does a lot of benevolant work, operating on the people out in the country side who cannot afford a hopital. Wonderful lady.

 

[Letseng]

On 9/26/2024 at 8:49 AM, MarkBR said:

I wish you success with your cataract operations.  It will dramatically improve the quality of your life.  I had double cataracts and was legally blind.  Once done, you will enjoy life again.

This is an operation will a very high chance of success, one of the commonest in the world.

And as you, obviously, appreciate the key thing is quality of the surgeon.

Good luck

My husband is 100% happy with the result (done in Bkk), I'm very dissatisfied with the outcome. I had to go back to wearing glasses but optician struggles to get it rightsince the op. I got an opinion by a specialist in Austria. He confirmed that op wasn't a success & could have been done better. 

1 surgeon, 2 different outcomes.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 9/27/2024 at 11:09 PM, Letseng said:

My husband is 100% happy with the result (done in Bkk), I'm very dissatisfied with the outcome. I had to go back to wearing glasses but optician struggles to get it rightsince the op. I got an opinion by a specialist in Austria. He confirmed that op wasn't a success & could have been done better. 

1 surgeon, 2 different outcomes.

? Far as I know unless getting a new fangled and much more expensive lens insert, the focal length is chosen to give long or short sight, and glasses have to be worn post op for the other.

Perhaps there is more to your situation that you are not saying, but if you can see now and you could not before that sounds like a success to me.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 9/26/2024 at 5:40 PM, thecyclist said:

Why did you wait so long?

Cataract is not something you get overnight. Sight gradually deteriorates over years. 

Operations are not 100% guaranteed. I would not have one done till I really needed it as poor sight is better than no sight.

[Letseng]

On 9/29/2024 at 6:52 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

? Far as I know unless getting a new fangled and much more expensive lens insert, the focal length is chosen to give long or short sight, and glasses have to be worn post op for the other.

Perhaps there is more to your situation that you are not saying, but if you can see now and you could not before that sounds like a success to me.

You tell me  you are not an ophtalmologist but someone who knows little about eyes & cataracts. 

[connda]

Does anyone know what the price for a cataract surgery with a simple monofocal IOL at Chiang Mai Ram and Sripat? 

[chiang mai]

42 minutes ago, connda said:

Does anyone know what the price for a cataract surgery with a simple monofocal IOL at Chiang Mai Ram and Sripat? 

Sriphat is around 35k per eye, RAM is more expensive. Prinz Hospital in Lamphun charges 25k per eye using an ophthalmic surgeon who works at government hospitals.

[connda]

On 9/26/2024 at 10:31 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Just looked it up and a 1 to 1.5 % risk of detached retina. It's not difficult to re attach a retina

1 to 1.5% in the entire population of people getting cataract surgery. However I've got extreme myopia (over -10 diopter) and I've been told by ophthalmologists that I have tissue thin retinas.  So, I am very concerned about retinal detachment. 

[connda]

On 9/26/2024 at 10:44 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I was going by personal experience and of the thousands of cataract surgeries I assisted with

What did you used to do if I may ask?

[Expat68]

17 hours ago, connda said:

Does anyone know what the price for a cataract surgery with a simple monofocal IOL at Chiang Mai Ram and Sripat? 

Off the top of my head Sripat was about 42,000 for each one of my eyes

[mhortig]

Hello. I highly recommend dr. Paradee at Sriphat hospital in Chiangmai. She is an assistant professor, but is very, very experienced. She did my cataract surgery a few years ago, and it was very successful. Her English is excellent. Google her name on the Sriphat web site. Feel free to message me.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/4/2024 at 3:07 AM, connda said:

What did you used to do if I may ask?

I was a scrub nurse. Cataracts only have two people at the operating table- the surgeon and the assistant ( me ) handing over the instruments as required and operating the machine used to do the operation.

I must have assisted at a few thousand cataract operations in my time, with a great many surgeons.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/4/2024 at 3:06 AM, connda said:

1 to 1.5% in the entire population of people getting cataract surgery. However I've got extreme myopia (over -10 diopter) and I've been told by ophthalmologists that I have tissue thin retinas.  So, I am very concerned about retinal detachment. 

The person to discuss your chances of retinal detachment and what they do after to fix it would be an ophthalmic surgeon or specialist nurse ( it they have such in Thailand ).

I've attended many retinal re attachments using laser, ( not for post cataract operations ) a scrub nurse is not required and it's not a sterile procedure as the eye is not opened, but never spoke to anyone that had one after, so don't know what the result is like.