Доктор Ніколаос І. Дервеніс виконав понад 4 000 операцій із видалення катаракти за 15 років практики, пройшовши навчання в очній лікарні Мурфілдс та інших установах Великобританії. Вартість операції з видалення катаракти з імплантацією ІОЛ становить близько €2 400 за одне око; зазвичай сюди входять консультація, діагностика та післяопераційний догляд. Офтальмохірург пропонує мультифокальні лінзи преміум-класу, має акредитацію FEBO та є автором понад 55 опублікованих статей. Рівень рекомендацій пацієнтів становить 98%.
Офтальмологічна клініка Dr Nikolaos I Dervenis MD, MSc, PhD, FEBO — приватний вузькопрофільний медичний центр у Салоніках, Греція. в клініку звертаються пацієнти із країн Європи та Співдружності, а також Балканських країн.
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Д-р Ніколаос Дервеніс — досвідчений офтальмохірург із Салонік і Лариси, Греція. Спеціалізується на операціях з видалення катаракти з імплантацією ІОЛ, лазерній корекції зору, LASIK та вітректомії. Має понад 15 років досвіду в операціях на катаракті.
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