| 6 February |
Lasik Eye Surgery Part 1 |
Posts Tagged ‘CustomVue’
My lasik eye surgery. (Customvue Intralase)| 26 January |
Advanced CustomVue Technology |
The latest technology for custom LASIK| 26 January |
LASIK Eye Surgery, CustomVue Wavefront-guided LASIK |
My surgery, the following is from Dr. Berg’s website on how LASIK is performed.
Step 1
First the surgeon applies a few numbing eye-drops to the eye prior to the procedure, and the surgeon marks the cornea with water-soluble ink to guide replacement of the flap.
Step 2
A thin corneal flap is created using an instrument called a microkeratome. This part of the procedure is called keratectomy and makes a “flap” in the corneal tissue on the central part of the eye, which is gently folded back, exposing the underlying layers of the cornea. This flap can also be created with the use of the Intralase laser.
Step 3
The surgeon then uses the excimer laser to apply a cool beam of light to gently even out the curvature of the cornea this is done with CustomVue Wavefront guided technology. The protective corneal flap is then gently placed back in its original position and begins healing immediately.
Step 4
After the flap is gently laid back, a few moisturizing drops are applied to soothe your eye and speed recovery. The cross-section view of the cornea shows the reduced (flatter) corneal curvature (exaggerated for clarity).
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| 19 January |
LASIK Surgery on a Nystagmus Patient |
On Thursday, Dec 10, I put my sight on the line and underwent LASIK eye surgery at Will Vision and Laser Centers in Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Brian R. Will has extensive experience in the field, and felt confident we could achieve success despite the fact that I am a nystagmus patient (my eyes shake back and forth rapidly, and uncontrollably). The latest Visx Star S4 IR with CustomVue and Active Eye Tracking has some amazing capabilities. It is now possible to treat Nystagmus patients. I searched far and wide before I found a Doctor I felt comfortable with.
Prior to surgery, my glasses could correct my vision to a point somewhere between 20/40 and 20/50. Just outside the DMV requirements for getting a Driver’s License.
At the one-day postoperative exam, I tested at 20/30 in one eye, and 20/40 in the other. I’m now 11 days post-LASIK and I couldn’t be happier. My visual acuity has gradually improved, to the point I think both eyes are around the 20/30 range. For me, a nystagmus patient with optic nerve hypoplasia, this is the best I’ve ever seen in my LIFE! Even better than with RGP contact lenses (which I could not tolerate).
my ONLY visual side-effect has been a haze or halo around bright light sources at night, but that is already starting to decrease. No pain or discomfort whatsoever, no starbursts, no double-vision, etc. Recovery has been a dream. I use my rewetting drops religiously, Refresh Plus during the day, and Refresh Celluvisc gel drops at night. I’ve also been keen on maintaining proper hydration from the inside, by drinking plenty of water starting a couple weeks before surgery. I think it’s all helped the recovery process a lot.
Duration : 0:9:47