 | Selkin Laser Center follows various lasik eye surgery procedures. In the current and forthcoming posts we will discuss all of them in detail. For today, let’s focus on Thin Blade Lasik Surgery. |
In some cases, patients who have corneas that are too thin to correct their prescription with traditional LASIK can have LASIK by creating a thinner flap. By creating a thinner flap, one has more room to work with in treating one’s prescription. Dr. Selkin is extremely conservative and will only perform procedures in which he maintains a corneal thickness that he is comfortable with. This is why, in over 55,000 laser vision procedures; he has never had a single complication from treating too much corneal thickness.
We will discuss about other specialized techniques in future posts.
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3 comments:
Interesting!
In Lasik eye surgery procedure, a specialized instrument is used to create a flap consisting of the top part of the cornea. The excimer laser is then used to gently reshape the cornea to improve the way light is focused on the retina. The flap (which is attached to one end of the cornea) is then placed back to its normal location and is held in place by the pumping cells of the cornea which essentially create a natural suction mechanism. In some situations, the cornea does not have enough thickness to allow for the creation of a flap, in which case a procedure called Advanced Surface Ablation (ASA, a variation of PRK or E-Lasik) can be done. In this procedure, no flap is created. Instead, diluted alcohol is used to gently remove the surface of the cornea, and the laser treats the prescription in the same way it treats with Lasik. Therefore, Lasik eye surgery and ASA are quite similar and usually available in any Lasik Plus vision or Lasik eye surgery center. However, you need to assess the merits of ASA versus the Lasik benefits first..
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Carrie
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