Severance University Hospital: Ophthalmology center

Every year more than 30,000 patients from all over the world visit the Ophthalmology Department of Severance Hospital. The department is known for numerous diagnostic technologies and methods of treating eye diseases. The success rate of corneal transplant operations in patients is over 90%.

Technologies for the diagnosis of cataracts and external examination of the eye:

• Biometrics (A-scan),
• Ultrasound (B-scan),
• Ultrasonic biological microscopy,
• Pachymetry,
• Mirror microscopy,
• Confocal biomicroscopy.

Technologies for the diagnosis of glaucoma and measurement of the visual field:

• Computer automatic static perimetry,
• Manual vision meter (Goldman),
• Automatic examination of the field of view with the FDT matrix.

Technologies for examination of the cornea:

• Corneal refraction tester,
• Anterior eye examination with Pentacam,
• Scanning the wavefront.

Technologies for examining the optic nerve:

• Optical coherence tomography,
• Visualization of the optic nipple,
• Trabecular deformity of the optic nerve test (GDX).