Welcome to Dr. Arteaga web site
The goal of this website is to increase awareness of oculoplastic surgery, a field within Ophthalmology.
We aim for the following goals:
- To provide information to patients and anyone who may have genuine interest in this field so they can make better decisions prior to considering this type of surgery.
- To provide assessment, information or treatment of conditions that may affect them.
- To provide expert advice regarding their individual concerns.
Here you will find the most frequent conditions and diseases within this field of specialization, explained in lay terms without loss of scientific rigour. You will also have a wide range of videos covering the most common types of surgery.
Dr. Arteaga Sanchez is an opthalmologist. He completed his training at Puerta de Hierro Hospital.
He has been mainly dedicated to the field of Oculoplastic Surgery and performs over 1000 surgeries anually.
Oculoplastic Surgery, also known as Plastic and Reconstructive Ophthalmic Surgery, is a field of specialisation within Ophthalmology.
It encompasses three wide areas: diseases of the eyelids, lacrymal glands and orbit, including conditions resulting in loss of the eyeball.
The following are some of Dr. Arteaga's medical and surgical treatments:
- Blepharoplasty and increasing youthfulness of eyegaze
- Surgery of the eyelid
- Surgery of eyelid displacements: pthosis, entropion, ectropion
- Treatment of tearing
- Tumour surgery
- Orbital surgery
- Cataract surgery
