It is the general name of the surgeries performed to relieve people who need an instrument (glasses or contact lenses) to see clearly and with high quality, whether near or far.
What are the Refractive Surgery Methods?
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Excimer Laser (popularly known as eye drawing)
Phakic IOL
Smart Lens
What is Excimer Laser?
Which Patients? Is it applied?
What are its types?
Excimer Laser is a surgery that corrects the patient's vision defect by shaping the transparent layer in front of the eye, called the cornea, with laser beams and changing its refraction.
After the age of 18, people whose eye number has not increased by 0.50 or more in the last year (that is, the number progression has stopped) and whose corneal structure and thickness are suitable for laser treatment can receive excimer laser treatment.
Types;
Lasik- Ilasik (intermittent laser treatment)
Notouch- Prk
Smile Laser
Which Laser for Which Patient?
Laser types have advantages and disadvantages compared to each other. The laser surgery to be applied to each patient is decided according to the patient's eye size, corneal structure and social expectations. Superficial laser surgeries (Notouch and Prk) are performed on thin corneas, and incision surgeries (Lasik-Ilasik, Smile Laser) are performed on those with appropriate corneal thickness and high numbers.
What are the Most Common Problems After Laser?
What are the Most Experienced Problems After Laser?
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After superficial laser surgeries (Notouch and Prk), the patient has a very difficult 3-4 days (pain, stinging, light sensitivity, swelling of the eyelids, etc.). Visual clarity may take up to one to one and a half months, depending on the person's wound healing. And in these patients, sensitivity and dryness continue for up to 3 months. In incision surgeries (Lasik-Ilasik, Smile), there is a problem for about 5-6 hours after the operation. As of the next day, vision becomes clear. Again, mild sensitivity and eye dryness complaints continue for 2-3 months.
Most Frequently Asked Questions?
Question: I had laser treatment, will it recur?
Answer: hypermet The problems recur, and in myopia and astigmatism, there is no recurrence if it is done at the right time.
Question: Will I go blind if I get hit in the eye after laser?
Answer: After laser, there will be no recurrence. The risks caused by the impact are the same as the risk of a person who has not had laser in his eyes.
Question: Can I have surgery if I get cataracts in the future after laser?
Answer: You can do it easily, just the difference in between. The difference is that the calculation of the lens we place in the eye after cataract surgery is different.
What is Phakic IOL?
Phakic IOL, which we call excimer laser, is used as a miniature of the contact lens in patients with high numbers. It is an operation in which we correct the patient's vision defect by placing a transparent lens into the eye in a 5-minute operation.
Who Can It Be Done For?
Usually high degree (8 or more myopia and astigmatism) excimer It can be applied to people over the age of 20 who are not suitable for laser and have suitable eye structure.
What is a Smart Lens? (Trifocal lens or lens)
Smart lens is a surgery performed to eliminate these needs in people over the age of 40 who have both distance and near vision problems. Its difference from phakic IOL is that the patient's own eye lens is cleaned and replaced.
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