LASIK EYE TREATMENT: Improvement With Wavefront

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Health )



When you talk about eye surgery today, LASIK or Laser-assisted in Situ Keratomileusis is probably the first thing that comes to mind since it is the most commonly performed. LASIK eye treatment corrects your visual problems using laser energy. It can be used to treat almost all types of visual impairment like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.

LASIK eye treatment is a brief procedure taking only around 30 minutes to perform. LASIK eye surgeons make a cut in your eye usually by laser to make a flap. This flap is then folded back to gain access to the cornea of your eye. Using laser beams, your cornea is restructured to correct your vision problems.

Some complications may arise though as each eye is unique and may have its own aberrations or irregularities. These imperfections in your eye are not easily detected by standard LASIK eye treatment resulting in negative side effects like glares and haloes. Some also complain of problems with night time vision.

Wavefront laser eye technology was developed to correct some of the drawbacks of standard LASIK procedure. This new generation technology scans your eye prior to the procedure to reveal any irregularities. A wavefront map of your vision is then generated and becomes the basis for your unique treatment prescription.

The computer controlling the laser beams will use your personalized prescription during the surgery. With wavefront, your eye surgeon can render you a more customized treatment. Hence, they call this procedure custom LASIK or wavefront LASIK.

With the advent of custom LASIK, patients with very high eyeglass prescription and those with thinner cornea can now have LASIK eye treatment safely and accurately.

LASIK eye procedure with wavefront technology produces a higher visual quality, doing away with the common side effects of standard LASIK. It has also been observed that recovery is significantly faster with wavefront LASIK.


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