Lasik Vision Correction Surgery

 Quite often people of all age groups suffer from refractive disorders of eye like:

• Myopia i.e. nearsightedness
• Hyperopia  e. farsightedness
• Astigmatism that causes multiple images on retina due to distorted corneal shape.

Many people may also have a combination of either Myopia or Hyperopia with Astigmatism. In order to manage these vision problems, people are constrained to wear eyeglasses or contact lenses.

These refractory disorders can be corrected through Lasik vision correction that has emerged as an alternative to eyeglasses and contact lenses and help you see in a natural manner.

Lasik vision correction surgery is based on reshaping the cornea – the front of an eye, by altering its focus power. As on today, Lasik vision correction surgery is commonly used to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism with almost 100% success rate.

Lasik surgery procedure

For common understanding, the term LASIK is just a short name or an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis which like other kinds of refractory surgery, reshapes cornea to allow light rays that enter the eye to precisely get focused on to the retina, without bending or distorting.

Properly focused light rays help in having a clearer vision.

The Lasik vision correction surgery is performed using most advanced a small surgical tool called Microkeratome i.e. femtosecond laser that creates laser energy at an extremely fast rate and Excimer lasers.

The ultra fast laser energy has ability to precisely target and break apart tissue or other substances, without damaging adjacent areas and hence help a Lasik surgeon to create a very thin flap in cornea.

By folding back the hinged flap, surgeon accesses the inside cornea known as Stroma and removes some corneal tissue using an excimer laser. Excimer lasers create and deliver a cool ultraviolet light beam to ablate i.e. remove microscopic amounts of corneal tissue to reshape it.

The reshaping of cornea through removal of corneal tissue allows the light entering the eye to focus more accurately on the retina for facilitating an improved vision.

The goal of Lasik Vision Correction is achieved for:

• Nearsighted patients by flattening the cornea
• Farsighted persons by creating a steeper cornea
• Astigmatism patients by smoothing an irregular cornea into a more normal shape

Once laser correctly laser ablation reshapes the cornea, the hinge flap is skillfully laid back in its original position to cover the area from where corneal tissue was removed.

Following surgery, the flap seals the underlying cornea naturally during healing period without any bandage or stitches. Lasik surgery for the correction of vision can be performed on out patients at a Lasik Eye Clinic Phoenix equipped with latest surgical techniques.

The Lasik vision correction procedure takes about 15-20 minutes for both eyes and patients following surgery can go back to their homes same day.

In most patients, vision improvement and stabilization takes place in a few days.

Types of Lasik surgery and procedures

Depending on the eye condition and technology used, there are several types of Lasik Surgery to address refractory errors that include:

• Wavefront Optimized LASIK
• Wavefront-Guided LASIK
• Topography-Guided LASIK
• All-Laser LASIK

For most efficient Lasik vision correction surgery, you can avail services of Dr. Moretsky and Dr. Cassidy at their Lasik Vision Center in Phoenix and Arizona.