Street address
Eye and Ear Hospital
Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit S7
Haartmaninkatu 4 C/E, Helsinki
Mailing address
P.O. Box 220, 00029 HUS
Contact information
Office, secretaries:
Outpatient clinic, Haartmaninkatu 4 C, 7th floor: 09 471 73118
Ward, Haartmaninkatu 4 E, Haartmaninkatu 4 E, 6th floor: 09 471 73114
Fax: 09 471 75147
Patient calls/Surgery waiting list enquiries: 09 471 73178 (Mon–Fri at 8–9.30)
Nurse manager: Teija Pirhonen
Ward physician: Ilkka Immonen
Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit S7 holds 10 hospital beds, and we are the only other ward unit, in addition to the emergency outpatient clinic, that is continuously open. Outpatient clinic appointments in our area of expertise are also held in connection with the unit.
Our special expertise includes primarily vitreoretinal surgery which is to say our operations are focused on surgery in the back of the eye. Furthermore, we treat all eye cancer patients requiring eye preserving radiation therapy nation-wide. We are also the only unit in Finland providing centralized surgical attachment surgery for emergency retinal detachment patients during weekends.
During the weekends, the ward also treats patients transferring from the day and week wards and emergency patients requiring treatment at a ward. In addition, we treat pediatric ophthalmology patients at night and during the weekends when the pediatric and strabismus units are closed.
Surgery concerning the back of the eye is usually lengthy microsurgery, lasting on average 1.5–2.5 hours, which requires special precision. Our surgery model with short-term after-care is increasingly moving towards the ambulatory surgery model. The average time spent in our care is 1.4 days.