LIFE WITHOUT SPECTACLES – PLANNING FOR LASIK – NEED TO READ THIS
Refractive Error – Myopia, Hypermetropia and Astigmatism
make our vision blur. With Glasses / Spectacles these are corrected primarily.
Around the age of 20 years age, the change in spectacle correction becomes stable. Now we have another option to treat this refractive error That’s LASIK.
LASIK is Laser Surgery Procedure to reshape the cornea to correct the Refractive Error. Since late 90s LASIK is performed around the world and the procedure has evolved to be Better and Safe.
Before LASIK Surgery patient need to undergo a battery of Pre-Operative examinations and investigations to know the eyes are eligible for LASIK SURGERY.
These pre-operative investigations are necessary to rule out all the possible future adverse outcome. Any minute misalignment the LASIK Surgery is abandoned and other surgical options can be considered.
The pre-operative Investigations or workup are:
- Peripheral Retinal lesion evaluation
- Dry Eye Evaluation
- Refractive Error Evaluation
- Corneal Thickness Assessment
- Corneal Topography
- Aberrometry for customised LASIK
We have Team of Experts of LASIK and RETINA Surgeon evaluate your eyes as per the above-mentioned criteria and go ahead with surgery if eyes are eligible for the LASIK surgery.
What is the risk of LASIK Surgery?
As mentioned above, over past 2 decades the LASIK Surgery, LASIK Machine and Surgical outcome have evolved due to continuous studies and analysis of medical data. And have reached a better understanding where the complications have been reduced to less than 1%. And these complications are usually observed in eyes with higher refractive error. In patients with risk factor we suggest other surgical modalities. All the risk factors are evaluated when eyes undergo pre-operative workup.