Friend who had lasik surgery in West Virginia

2008-01-13T17:02:00.000-08:00

Richard Thompson, one of my close friends, had Lasik Surgery recently in West Virginia. The surgery was performed in Charleston by a local doctor. He is still in the healing phase of the surgery, but everything is looking good. Wish him well in his recovery everyone.

Lasik Surgery

2008-01-10T20:05:00.000-08:00

Lasik Surgery is the process of using a laser to correct problems such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. The procedure is carried out by an ophthalmologist. Many patients will choose Lasik Surgery in order to not wear corrective lenses or contacts.

Procedure:

There are several necessary preparations in the preoperative period. The operation itself is made by creating a thin flap on the eye, folding it to enable remodeling of the tissue underneath with laser. The flap is repositioned and the eye is left to heal in the postoperative period.

Preoperative
Patients wearing soft contact lenses typically are instructed to stop wearing them approximately 5 to 7 days before surgery. One industry body recommends that patients wearing hard contact lenses should stop wearing them for a minimum of six weeks plus another six weeks for every three years the hard contacts had been worn. Before the surgery, the patient's corneas are examined with a pachymeter to determine their thickness, and with a topographer to measure their surface contour. Using low-power Lasers, a topographer creates a topographic map of the cornea. This process also detects astigmatism and other irregularities in the shape of the cornea. Using this information, the surgeon calculates the amount and locations of corneal tissue to be removed during the operation. The patient typically is prescribed an antibiotic to start taking beforehand, to minimize the risk of infection after the procedure.

Operation
The operation is performed with the patient awake and mobile; however, the patient typically is given a mild sedative (such as Valium) and anesthetic eye drops.

LASIK is performed in two steps. The first step is to create a flap of corneal tissue. The second step is remodeling of the cornea underneath the flap with laser. Finally, the flap is repositioned.

Flap creation
A corneal suction ring is applied to the eye, holding the eye in place. This step in the procedure can sometimes cause small blood vessels to burst, resulting in bleeding or subconjunctival hemorrhage into the white (sclera) of the eye, a harmless side effect that resolves within several weeks. Increased suction typically causes a transient dimming of vision in the treated eye. Once the eye is immobilized, the flap is created. This process is achieved with a mechanical microkeratome using a metal blade, or a femtosecond laser microkeratome (procedure known as IntraLASIK) that creates a series of tiny closely arranged bubbles within the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back, revealing the stroma, the middle section of the cornea. The process of lifting and folding back the flap can be uncomfortable.

Laser remodeling
The second step of the procedure is to use an excimer laser (193 nm) to remodel the corneal stroma. The laser vaporizes tissue in a finely controlled manner without damaging adjacent stroma. No burning with heat or actual cutting is required to ablate the tissue. The layers of tissue removed are tens of micrometers thick. Performing the laser ablation in the deeper corneal stroma typically provides for more rapid visual recovery and less pain, than the earlier technique photorefractive keratectomy.

During the second step, the patient's vision will become very blurry once the flap is lifted. He/she will be able to see only white light surrounding the orange light of the laser. This can be disorienting.

Currently manufactured excimer lasers use an eye tracking system that follows the patient's eye position up to 4,000 times per second, redirecting laser pulses for precise placement within the treatment zone. The average power for each pulse is usually in the milliwatt range. Typically, each pulse is on the order of 10–20 nanoseconds.

Reposition of flap
After the laser has reshaped the stromal layer, the LASIK flap is carefully repositioned over the treatment area by the surgeon, and checked for the presence of air bubbles, debris, and proper fit on the eye. The flap remains in position by natural adhesion until healing is completed.

Postoperative
Patients are usually given a course of antibiotic and anti-inflammatory eye drops. These are discontinued in the weeks following surgery. Patients are also given a darkened pair of goggles to protect their eyes from bright lights and protective shields to prevent rubbing of the eyes when asleep. Patients should be adequately informed by their surgeons of the importance of proper post-operative care to minimize the risk of post-surgical complications.

West Virginia Lasik Surgery

2008-01-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

West Virginia Lasik Surgery

The Pros and Cons of Lasik Surgery

Lasik Surgery is a refractive laser eye surgery performed by an Ophthalmologist for correcting certain eye problems such as mypoia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Millions of patients reap the rewards of Lasik Surgery every year. Lasik Surgery helps people gain a better perspective of the world around them everyday, as well as helping millions of people not depend on glasses and contacts as a crutch to make it through the day. There are some problems that can result (and note that I say "can" result) from Lasik Surgery. These problems include loss of vision, debilitating visual symptoms, a severe dry eye syndrome, as well as the results from Lasik Surgery may diminish over time, however these risks are very small.

West Virginia Lasik Surgeons

Doctors who do West Virginia Lasik Surgery are almost non-existent, but not extinct. There are a few West Virginia Lasik Surgeons, you just have to know where to look. Luckily I have done that work for you.

Lasik Surgeons of West Virginia

Update

Really there isn't much news...just trying to keep the site up to date...Other than my friend Richard (Who just recently had Lasik Surgery), but there is another complete blog about that. You can find it here: West Virginia Lasik Surgery

West Virginia Lasik Surgery

Friend who had lasik surgery in West Virginia

Lasik Surgery

West Virginia Lasik Surgery

West Virginia Lasik Surgery

The Pros and Cons of Lasik Surgery

West Virginia Lasik Surgeons

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