LASIK EYE SURGERY SEE VIDEO OF LASIK ON THE EYE AND LONG TERM OUTCOME RESULTS AND ONE PERSONS CAUTION

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It seems like everybody and his brother has had or knows someone who has had the LASIK procedure to correct vision and avoid glasses or contact lenses. This is an update to a previous post about LASIK. A recent article has appeared which gives some perspective on LASIK, what is usually a satisfactory eye procedure. You can see the link below. But like anything else in medicine you have to investigate and consider. Read further and watch the video. What is LASIK and what are the risks? Here you can watch a video of the LASIK procedure. The FDA regulates and has a lot of information about LASIK.





"Tthe American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery reports a 95.4-percent patient satisfaction rate for LASIK, based on a recent analysis of research worldwide. The researchers found 19 studies specifically addressing patient satisfaction from the last decade, encompassing roughly 2,022 patients. (Some had been post-op for a month; others for a decade). Most ophthalmologists are confident about the efficacy of LASIK, as well as another popular procedure — photorefractive keratectomy, or P.R.K. Both are designed to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. “It’s very few people who don’t have a superb outcome, especially with the new technology,” said Dr. Marguerite McDonald, the president of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology".









LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced. There are other techniques and many new terms related to LASIK that you may hear about.

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What is LASIK?



Tthe cornea is a part of the eye that helps focus light to create an image on the retina. It works in much the same way that the lens of a camera focuses light to create an image on film. The bending and focusing of light is also known as refraction. Usually the shape of the cornea and the eye are not perfect and the image on the retina is out-of-focus (blurred) or distorted. These imperfections in the focusing power of the eye are called refractive errors.

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Tthere are three primary types of refractive errors: myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Persons with myopia, or nearsightedness, have more difficulty seeing distant objects as clearly as near objects. Persons with hyperopia, or farsightedness, have more difficulty seeing near objects as clearly as distant objects. Astigmatism is a distortion of the image on the retina caused by irregularities in the cornea or lens of the eye. Combinations of myopia and astigmatism or hyperopia and astigmatism are common. Glasses or contact lenses are designed to compensate for the eye's imperfections. Surgical procedures aimed at improving the focusing power of the eye are called refractive surgery. In LASIK surgery, precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser reshapes the cornea changing its focusing power.

OTHER TYPES OF REFRACTIVE EYE SURGERY TO CORRECT VISION