The S.N. Fyodorov Federal State Institution “Eye Microsurgery Complex” is a leading clinical and research ophthalmological center in Russia. Besides the Head Organization in Moscow, including the Research Experimental Production Plant, 11 affiliated branches (Clinics in the largest Russian cities) are integrated to it.

Departments:

• Glaucoma Surgery Department
• Transplantology and Corneal Surgery Department
• Laser Surgery Center
• Cataract Surgery and IOL Implantation Department
• Vitreoretinal Surgery Department
• Eye Diabetes Center
• Pediatric Department
• Center of aesthetic plastic and reconstructing surgery
• Contact Correction and Eye Prosthetics Center
• Ophthalmologic technologies achieved perfection and cataract extraction today looks like a cosmetic procedure.
• Fem to LASIK: 100 % laser correction of vision.
• The department of monitoring and prophylactic of Glaucoma

The “Eye Microsurgery Complex” is situated in a picturesque district to the North of Moscow City and consists of several buildings which are: policlinics (the out-patients diagnostic building) for daily examinations of 1200 patients; stationary with 10 clinical departments for the main ocular pathologies treatment; Medical Center No. 2 with specialized department for foreign patients treatment and hospitalization, Experimental Technical Production Plant and others.

The capacity of the S. Fyodorov “Eye Microsurgery Complex” with its Branches is 300 thousand patients treated and 700 thousand patients examined annually. Etionosologic structure of diseases is very multiform and reflects practically the entire ophthalmology. The biggest volume of diseases are the patients with cataract, refractive abnormalities, glaucoma, vitreal, retinal and optic nerve pathology, corneal diseases, various infectious, autoimmune, endocrinologic and oncologic diseases as well as consequences of ocular trauma.

At the “Eye Microsurgery Complex” a laser unit with a 1.44 mkm wavelength was elaborated providing an effective cataract of any hardness degree removal. A set of devices for laser cataract extraction includes: a Nd:YAG laser unit, an original aspiration irrigation device and a system of joint devices control. 8 543 laser cataract extraction operations were performed during 2005.

The excimer laser technology of high myopia correction created at the “Eye Microsurgery Complex” is remarkable for the owing to a multifocal reprofiling of the cornea which enables to improve the far vision without disturbing the reading and near vision. Five generations of the «Profile» excimer laser ophthalmic unit has been developed here during recent 10 years. More than 27 000 laser refractive procedures have been performed in 2005 in the Complex.

Non-penetrating character of the interventions allows to minimize 7-10 times the risk of complications. At the Clinic the excimer laser technology of non-penetrating deep sclerectomy with use of the device of our own original design (“AGAP”) is developed and widely used providing stabilization of the ophthalmic tonus level in average in 94.7 %.

Vitreoretinal surgery is an important trend in medical work and scientific research. The essential achievement in this field is the development of our own perfluorcarbon liquid (PFCL) used for the short-term tamponade of the retina.
Evaluating the level of surgical activity and introducing the newest technologies in the surgical practice the “Eye Microsurgery Complex” takes the leading place among all the ophthalmologic clinics of Russia.

As for scientific research at the Clinic during recent years (2000-2005) 532 patents for inventions were received, 7 monographs and a Manual on eye diseases for the students of medical universities were published, 49 doctoral dissertations and 135 for the degree of candidate were defended that exceeds the average annual number of the defended theses of the previous period. Every year in June ophthalmologists from Russia, ex-USSR and foreign countries take part in annual “Fyodorov Memorial Lectures”.