Friday, October 15, 2010

Of LASIK surgery: new technology helps prevent side effects


If you're like me, you've probably heard about some side effects related to vision correction LASIK surgery. For example after lasik surgery some people complain about symptoms of glare Glow and drop in night vision.

In fact I remember attending business briefings, where he began by mentioning that he has just LASIK surgery the day before he told the audience, "the good news is I think you all are going to Heaven because everyone has a Halo around his head!"

If you view get LASIK surgery, but were worried about some of the less than desirable side effects, you'll be glad to hear that the new technologies reduce those dreaded halos and glares. known as the "custom wavefront lasik or led, it's relatively recent improvement technologies produces the best quality eye vision than traditional lasik surgery vision.

The most important, "says U.S. Navy Captain Steve Schallhorn, m.d., Director of the cornea and refractive surgery Center, San Diego," is to improve the quality of vision to the procedure in accordance with wavefront, fewer problems with Halo, lens flare, better night vision and greater patient satisfaction. "

Traditional lasik corneal reshapes the patient using laser for removing Visual problems like nearsightedness or farsightedness.With conventional LASIK laser based on a formula similar to those used to determine your eyeglass prescription. Conventional lasik is effective in treating "lower order aberrations like nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, (also called" refraction ").

Guided by the Wavefront lasik, on the other hand, as light is distorted, it goes into her eyes and then is reflected back.This creates a 3-d optical eye light imperfections and disorders that lead to errors, visual technology then creates a custom Wavefront treatment for each eye and laser during the operation.

Guided by the Wavefront lasik treatment, lower-order aberrations, conventional LASIK surgery can be treated and to treat higher order aberrations ", such as reduced contrast sensitivity, night vision, halos around lights, shadows, and the fact there are an increasing number of patients, referring to the wavefront guided LASIK surgery to remove the side effects of laser eye surgery.

"With this breakthrough Technology, we can now measure the patient's illness, show what is happening in their eyes, link this information with laser and actually eliminating deviations of the highest order," says Roger Steinert, m.d., Associate Clinical Professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. "Wavefront technology allows surgeons to improve the overall concept of quality is better than in the past. "

Of course, this advanced technology comes with a higher price than traditional lasik surgery And in the same way as conventional lasik with wavefront lasik is a surgical procedure and risks related to consult with a qualified lasik Surgeon to discuss possible complications, and make sure you're a good candidate for this type of operation.

But if the choice between crystal clear vision without side effects and go through life, seeing all the people to heaven, I think I'll go with the first version, please!








Marc Menninger-online researcher who is seriously considering lasik vision correction surgery. for more information about LASIK vision, take a look at his research on his blog Lasik information: http://www.lasikvisionblog.com


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