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Department of ophthalmology
Municipal establishment of Ternopil regional Council “Ternopil University Hospital”
Department of ophthalmology is a structural subdivision of the Center of Surgery of Municipal establishment of Ternopil regional Council – Ternopil University Hospital, that provides tertiary help for patients with ophthalmic pathology.
There are 50 sickbeds at the department. Patients can also have high comfort rooms.
Specialists of department realize:
І. Diagnostics of eye diseases
- Measurement of visual acuity and its correction
- Autorefractokeratometry (determination of ocular refraction by means of computer)
- Perimetry (measurement of field of vision)
- Tonometry (measurement of intraocular pressure)
- Biomicroscopy (examination of anterior segments of eye by slit lamp)
- Ophthalmoscopy (examination of fundus of the eye)
- Gonioscopy (examination of iridocorneal angle)
- A-scan biometry (determination of linear dimensions of intraocular structures )
- B-scan ultrasonography (examination of internal eye structures)
ІІ. Non-surgical treatment
- courses of vitamin-nutritional, anti-inflammatory and absorbable therapy at age macular dystrophy of the retina, diabetic angioretinopathy, hemophthalmus, retinal vascular occlusion, inflammatory and other eye diseases (parabulbar, subconjunctival and paravasal injections)
- eyelid massage (at blepharitis and demodicosis)
- physiotherapy
ІІІ. Surgical treatment
Cataract Microsurgery
- cataract phacoemulsification with IOL implantation (IOL – intraocular lens implant) (artificial lens)

- extracapsular cataract extraction with IOL implantation
- one-stage phaco-emulsification of cataract with IOL implantation and antiglaucomatous operation
- removal of crystalline lens with IOL implantation with refractive aim
- replacement of IOL
- reposition of IOL
- phacoemulsification of traumatic cataract with IOL implantation
- removal of dislocated lens with IOL implantation
Glaucoma microsurgeryread more »
- sinus trabeculectomy with posterior sclerectomy and basal iridectomy
- micro-penetrating trabeculectomy
- deep non-penetrating sclerectomy
- combined micro-penetrating trabeculectomy with phacoemulsification of cataract with IOL implantation
- surgical iridectomy
- sinus trabeculectomy with implantation of EX-PRESS shunt

- cryopexy of ciliary body
Surgery on the cornea and conjunctiva
- Kunt’s cover of cornea by conjunctiva
- cover of cornea by cerato-xenoimplant
- administration of drugs into the corneal stroma
- removal of pterygium, pinguecula
- cryodestruction of conjunctival tumors
Surgery on eyelids
- removal of blepharelosis and ectropion
- removal of xanthelasma, chalazion, cysts, atheroma and other eyelid tumors
- cryodestruction of eyelid tumors
- blepharoplasty (plastic surgery of upper and lower eyelids) read more »

Surgery on lacrimal apparatus
- lacrimal ducts intubation
- dacryocystorhinostomy
- extirpation of the lacrimal sac
Surgery of eye injuries. Enucleation and evisceration of the eyeball. Vitreoretinal Surgery read more »
- intravitreal drug administration
- administration of drugs into sub-Tenon’s space of eyeball
- anterior vitrectomy
- posterior vitrectomy
- removal of preretinal membrane, inner limiting membrane
There is twenty-four-hour highly-qualified specialized medical care at the traumatological center of the department