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Custom LASIK
Theres a new wave in LASIK/PRK. The Food and Drug Administration approved a new technology that will change how we view your vision problems. Its called custom LASIK/PRK: the laser eye treatment is based upon the very unique visual characteristics of you eye. Up until now, with glasses, contacts and covential LASIK surgery, correction were quite similar for each type of prescription myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
Custom LASIK/PRK involves measuring the eye from front to back, using whats called wavefront technology, to create dimensional (3-D) corneal map. The information contained in the map guides the laser in customizing the treatment to your individual visual irregularities. Prior to the advent of wavefront technology no two people with the same prescription would receive the same glasses, contacts or LASIK procedure.
Potential Benefits of Custom LASIK/PRK
Wavefront technology is groundbreaking because it has the potential to improve not only how much you can see, visual acuity measured by the standard 20/20 eye chart, but also how well you can see, in terms of contrast sensitivity and fine details. This translates into a reduced rish of post-LASIK/PRK complications, such as glare, halos and difficulty with night vision.
Custom LASIKS/PRKS Advantage lies in the area of quality vision:
- Greater chance of achieving 20/20 vision
- Greater chance of achieving better than 20/20 vision
- Reduced chance of losing best corrected vision
- Reduced chance of losing visual quality or contrast sensitivity
- Reduced chance of night-vision disturbances and glare
CK (Conductive Keratoplasty)
Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) is a non-laser surgical procedure available to treat farsightedness. CK uses radiofrequency energy delivered with a needle-like probe to the cornea. The electrical resistance of the collagen causes heat to build up in the cornea, shrinking the collagen and causing the central cornea to steepen.
CK is FDA-approved for patients with farsightedness between +0.75 and 3.00D, with less than or equal to 0.75D of astigmatism.
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