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Opthalmology Clinic

Medical Director
Prof. Dr. Egon Georg Weidle

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-33101
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-33109
e.weidle@klinikum-stuttgart.de

The Opthalmology Clinic at the Katharinenhospital performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to treat eye ailments and serves the entire Greater Stuttgart area. More than half of our patients come to us from outside Stuttgart.

This clinic has an OR team on call around the clock to respond to emergencies and injuries – and performs an opthalmological consultation service for the other centres affiliated with the Klinikum Stuttgart. The Opthalmology Clinic's spectrum of services also encompasses outpatient consultations and treatment – including outpatient surgeries.

In addition, this clinic features various special-emphasis outpatient clinics such as an orthoptist's practise and an outpatient clinic for the visually-impaired which offers the fitting of magnifying corrective eyewear, contact-lens fitting (particularly for small children) following lens-removal surgery.

Treatment and care priorities

Surgery for treatment of cataracts (incl. congenital cataracts in children)
Surgery for treatment of glaucoma (incl. Congenital glaucoma in children)
Corneal transplants
Retinal and vitreous-body surgery
Eye-muscle surgery
Surgery on eyelids and tear ducts
Plastic surgery of the eyelids
Treatment of eyelid cramps with botulinum toxin ("Botox")
Laser surgeries for after-cataracts, glaucoma, retinal disorders, eyelid tumours
Treatment of injuries
Conservative/surgical treatment of inflammation
Acute treatment of circulatory impairments

Special offers and facilities

Outpatient surgeries
Referral outpatient clinic
Private outpatient clinic
Emergency outpatient clinic
Injury treatment centre
Special-emphasis outpatient clinics
Orthoptist's practise
Ultrasound lab
Electrophysiology lab
Centre for Aesthetic Surgery

Outstanding procedures in diagnosis and therapy

Amnion-membrane transplantation for treatment of therapy-resistant corneal ulcers
Arterio-venous decompression surgery for retinal vein-branch occlusion
Slitting of the optic-nerve cap (radial opticoneurotomy) to treat central-vein thrombosis
Injection of VEGF inhibitors into the vitreous-body region in cases of age-induced macular degeneration, retinal-vein occlusions and diabetic retinopathy.

Scientific activities

Molecular-genetic analyses for treatment of corneal dystrophies (in co-operation with the Optahlmology Clinic at the University of Halle and the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Leipzig

Quality assurance (selection)

Data collection and analysis (post-operative endophthalmitis)
Data collection and analysis (vitreous-body loss during cataract surgeries)

Hospital numbers

2008	2009	2010
46	46	45	Available Beds
3,077	3,059	3,040	Inpatient Cases
4.6	4.5	4.5	Length of stay in days

Selected services (case number)

2008	2009	2010
2,748	2,675	2,264	Artificial-lens implantations
600	712	550	Pressure-relief surgeries
47	25	44	Corneal transplants
417	657	702	Vitrectomy

Opthalmology Clinic

Klinikum Stuttgart – Katharinenhospital
Kriegsbergstrasse 60
70174 Stuttgart
Germany

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-33101
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-33109
e.weidle@klinikum-stuttgart.de

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