Refractive surgery makes it possible for people to see without their glasses. The surgery reshapes the cornea, Lasik is one one of the most popular types of refractive surgery.
Patients with myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or presbyopia, can wear contact lenses or eyeglasses instead of having refractive surgery to improve their refractive errors.
Optometrists can only perform refractive surgery in Oklahoma. Optometrists do not have surgical rights, and in the rest of the US.
The most common purpose of ophthalmologic surgery is to restore or improve vision.
Undercorrection or overcorrection in refractive surgery. Undercorrected refractive surgery patients usually can be treated with an enhancement, but overcorrected patients will need to use eyeglasses or contact lenses.
There are many risks to any kind of surgery. Refractive surgery is very risky and you can end up having deformed limbs and even loss of use from the area being operated on.
Lasik refractive surgery for the eyes has been around for a number of years now and has very little complications. One of them is hemoraging which is common but minor.
One can get laser refractive surgery in Chicago at the Tripler Army Medical Center, the Midwest Center for Sight, and at the University of Chicago Hospital.
"Depending on where you live and where you get the laser refractive surgery performed, the price may vary accordingly. You should expect to pay between $1,500 and $3,000."
Find a reputable ophthalmologist in your area who is fellowship trained in Cornea and Refractive Surgery.
"Refractive eye surgery is also known as laser eye surgery. It removes the first layer over the eye that keeps you from seeing as well, making you not need glasses."
Refractive surgeries use an excimer laser to reshape the cornea.
Laser refractive surgery is one of the many available vision correction procedures. Lasers are used to manipulate the shape of the Cornea, and eliminate the need for eyeglasses or contacts. Advantages of laser refractive surgery are that it is an out-patient procedure, meaning no over-night hospitalization, and it eliminates the need to continually spend money on contacts.