Clinica 20/20 Verified listing

Founded in August 2007. The ophthalmological center has the most advanced technological equipment for visual health, some of them exclusive in the Central American region and the Caribbean.

Dr. Claudio Orlich is the director of CLINICA 20/20. He studied medicine in Costa Rica and completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes Hospital of the Association to Prevent Blindness in Mexico (APEC). At the end of the residency, he studied a subspecialty in Cornea and Refractive Surgery, in the Cornea Service of the APEC.

Dr. Orlich is a member of the Costa Rican Association of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), and the American Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS). He is also, an honorary member of the Colombian Ophthalmology Society, among other important medical associations.

From March 2003 to September 2008, he worked at the National Children's Hospital and the Ophthalmology Clinic of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund.

In 2005, he performed the first implants of "Anillos de Ferrara" in Costa Rica, helped and trained by Dr. Paulo Ferrara, a Brazilian ophthalmologist who invented and developed these implants. In 2007, he performed the first artificial cornea transplant (Alphacor) in the country, which made him the first ophthalmologist in Latin America to apply this type of procedure.

Two years later, he introduced the first Intralase in Central America and the Caribbean, precisely in Costa Rica. This allowed him to develop the first laser cornea transplant surgeries and the "intrastromal rings" implants, also 100% laser, we currently have state-of-the-art equipment and technologies.

In 2011, Dr. Orlich was the first Central American doctor to perform laser cataract surgeries, using the LenSx, the first femtosecond laser approved by the FDA.

Dr. Orlich has published articles in medical journals and has collaborated in the writing of ophthalmology books. Likewise, he has been a special guest professor at numerous international ophthalmology conferences. Located in San José, Sabana Oeste, the Torre Médica 20/20 building, is in front of the main entrance of the National Stadium.

CLINICA 2020 has the most innovative techniques worldwide to correct refractive errors of sight, such as myopia, astigmatism, and hyperopia. Among the techniques we find:

• Refractive Surgery LASIK ST
• LASIK Refractive Surgery
• Guided by topography (customized)
• Surgery Fentolasik ST,
• 100% Laser Without blades.
• Fentolasik surgery. 100% Laser
• Without blades guided by topography (customized)
• Refractive Surgery PRK ST
• Refractive Surgery PRK
• Guided pro topography (customized)
• SMILE Refractive Surgery
• Minimally invasive without cuts

After the pre-operative exams, the doctor will recommend the technique that best suits your ocular pathology in order to achieve the best results in visual acuity.

The full surgery takes about 15 minutes and the patient's recovery is very fast and generally without discomfort. The patient can rejoin most of their normal activities in 24 or 48 hours after the procedure

To be a candidate for surgery, the patient must be over 18 years of age (approximately) and undergo a series of assessment tests that will determine the viability of the treatment

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