Laser Eye Surgery Technology in Zurich: Maximum Precision for Your Visual Freedom

Quality has its price, but it is affordable. Touch-free TransPRK starts at approximately CHF 1,500 per eye. The premium procedures SmartSight and FemtoLASIK with our most modern femtosecond lasers are slightly higher due to the high technology costs. You receive a guaranteed fixed price.

Yes. High-end medicine should not be a privilege. We offer customized installment payment plans so you can finance your visual freedom conveniently in monthly installments.

The fixed price covers the entire operation, use of the SCHWIND/Ziemer laser systems, all medical consumables and medications for the first days, as well as routine follow-up examinations.

Basic insurance (KVG) does not cover the costs of laser treatments. However, some supplementary insurance policies (VVG) contribute to refractive surgery. Please clarify this with your insurance provider.

It is the flagship among excimer lasers. It operates at a frequency of 1,050 Hertz and ablates one diopter in less than 1.3 seconds. This means extremely short treatment times and less corneal drying.

The system monitors your eye in 7 dimensions (X, Y, Z axes, roll, pitch, yaw, and time). It predicts where your eye will be in the next millisecond and positions the laser beam exactly there.

Both are lenticule extraction procedures. However, SmartSight (with the SCHWIND ATOS) is the more modern generation. It features integrated pupil recognition and cyclotorsion compensation (rotation of the eye when lying down)—for even more precise results, especially with astigmatism.

Ziemer is a Swiss manufacturer known for its revolutionary low-energy femtosecond lasers (FEMTO LDV). These lasers cut extremely gently and maximally preserve surrounding tissue, which accelerates healing.

No panic. The eye tracker reacts in milliseconds. If you cough strongly and your head moves, the laser automatically stops immediately without endangering the eye.

Our clinic is equipped with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS/battery backup). Even in the event of a complete blackout in Zurich, we can safely and calmly complete the operation.

No. We use “cold light lasers” (excimer) that do not burn tissue but photoablatively vaporize it. No heat is generated on the eye. The eye is also completely anesthetized with drops.

The pure laser time for tissue ablation with modern systems is often only 10 to 30 seconds per eye, depending on your diopter number.

In modern refractive surgery, the risk of blindness is extremely low and practically excluded. The laser works only on the superficial cornea and does not penetrate the eye. The optic nerve remains untouched.

Temporarily dry eyes after surgery are normal. Through minimally invasive technologies such as SmartSight, where hardly any corneal nerves are severed, the risk of permanent dryness is drastically reduced.

Yes. Earlier laser generations often created small treatment zones. Our modern lasers offer large, aspheric ablation profiles (“wavefront-optimized”) that minimize or even improve disturbing light effects in the dark.

With TransPRK (SmartSurface), no surgical instrument touches your eye. The laser gently removes the outermost regenerative layer (epithelium) and corrects the refractive error in a single, touch-free step.

The predictability of our systems is enormously high. Should a residual refractive error remain, a medically indicated re-treatment within a defined guarantee period (usually 1 year) is included.

Pure laser treatment of the cornea is often sensible up to approximately age 50. After that, presbyopia begins, for which we technologically switch to laser-assisted lens exchange.

Presbyopia originates from the lens, not the cornea. Therefore, refractive lens exchange with premium lenses is the technologically most sustainable solution. The laser only assists with the precision of the incisions.

ICL are high-tech lenses made of biocompatible Collamer that are permanently inserted into the eye (in addition to your own lens). They correct extreme refractive errors for which the laser is not approved.

The topography device creates a 3D map of your eye with thousands of measurement points. This precise data is digitally transmitted to the laser, which then creates an individual ablation profile—like a fingerprint—for your eye.

Absolutely. The SCHWIND Amaris and the ATOS laser are specialists for astigmatism. The integrated cyclotorsion compensation detects how your eye rotates when you change from sitting to lying position and lasers exactly in the correct axis.

Yes. After we confirm full visual acuity at the follow-up examination, you receive a medical certificate with which you can have the “glasses/visual aid” entry removed from your driver’s license at the road traffic office.

Our operating room in Zurich meets the highest clinical hygiene and sterility standards (Class 1). Continuous air filtration and strict protocols guarantee you maximum protection against infections.

We offer non-binding initial examinations at short notice. Call us or book online to find out in a few days which high-tech solution is ideal for your eyes.