Eye surgery in Vietnam.
Refractive and cataract procedures are short — measured in minutes — but they need post-operative review and they limit flying immediately afterwards. Most of the trouble international patients run into comes from booking the return flight too tight.
We schedule around the mandatory follow-up and tell you the earliest date you can fly, before you buy the ticket.
We handle the logistics.
The medicine belongs to the surgeon. Everything around it — the part that makes people give up — belongs to us.
Measured and assessed before anyone commits
Not every eye suits LASIK or SMILE. The assessment happens first, and an unsuitable eye is called on the day.
The lens choice explained
For cataract surgery the intraocular lens drives most of the cost difference. You know what you are choosing.
Follow-up inside the schedule, not after it
The post-operative check is booked in advance, and the flight home is counted from it.
Driven, on the day and the day after
You are not finding your own taxi with a patched eye.
The numbers you need to plan.
- Time in theatre
- 10–30 minutes per eye
- Days in Vietnam
- 5–7 days
- Cleared to fly
- 3–7 days, on advice
- Back to normal activity
- 1–2 weeks
Who this suits.
- Long-term glasses or contact lens wearers wanting it resolved in one trip
- Anyone with a cataract referral facing a long wait at home
- Anyone wanting a premium lens their insurer at home will not fund
Reference cost.
Reference bands in Australian dollars, not a Handle quote. Your actual cost is settled once a doctor has read your records.
- Typical eye care journeyA$200 – A$1,000+
- Comprehensive eye examination
- A$50 – A$120
- Assessment of visual acuity, refraction, eye health and common ocular conditions.
- Advanced ophthalmology assessment
- A$100 – A$250
- Detailed specialist examination for suspected or known eye disease.
- Refraction and vision assessment
- A$30 – A$80
- Measures prescription requirements for glasses or contact lenses.
- Intraocular pressure and glaucoma assessment
- A$30 – A$100
- Measures eye pressure and evaluates risk or evidence of glaucoma.
- Retinal photography
- A$50 – A$150
- Imaging of the retina to document and assess retinal abnormalities.
- OCT — optical coherence tomography
- A$50 – A$150
- High-resolution retinal and optic-nerve imaging used in glaucoma, macular and retinal assessment.
- Visual field testing
- A$50 – A$150
- Measures peripheral vision, commonly used in glaucoma and optic-nerve assessment.
- Corneal and anterior-segment diagnostics
- A$50 – A$200
- Detailed assessment of the cornea and front structures of the eye when clinically indicated.
- Cataract assessment
- A$100 – A$300
- Specialist assessment to confirm cataract severity and determine suitability for surgery.
- Cataract surgery
- Custom quote
- Removal of the cloudy lens and replacement with an intraocular lens; lens choice and clinical complexity affect cost.
- Glaucoma and retinal treatment
- Custom quote
- Treatment varies substantially by diagnosis and may involve laser, injection or surgery.
A trailing plus means the upper figure is where a case starts rather than where it stops. Cost depends on the facility, the materials and your own case.
Common questions.
Other specialties.
Send your records, get a treatment plan within 48 hours.
Free, and no obligation. You get a named surgeon, an expected schedule and a cost band for your case.