Laser Vision Correction
The ideal candidate for laser eye surgery is over 18 years old and
has healthy corneas. Candidates must have had stable eye refraction
over the last year. People with certain medical conditions and women
who are pregnant are not candidates for laser eye surgery.
The best way to find out if you are a candidate is to schedule a
free LASIK consultation with Detroit Michigan LASIK surgeon, Dr.
Stephen Tait, MD, PhD. We will give you a comprehensive exam to make
sure you can benefit from laser eye surgery. Then we will advise you
about the risks and benefits of the procedure and answer your
questions so you can decide if you are ready to have laser eye
surgery.
Since close to 98 percent of LASIK patients achieve 20/40 vision or
better, very few choose to wear glasses. Those who do generally use
them on a part time basis. As mentioned above, reading glasses may
be necessary with patients over 40 years of age. Patients forty and
older may choose to have a full distance correction in both eyes and
in that case would most likely need to wear reading glasses. Or they
can choose a monovision correction with the goal being to eliminate
or reduce dependency on reading glasses.
Wavefront LASIK measures the shape of your cornea by sending light
into your eye in a specific pattern and measuring the light that
comes out. Any discrepancy is referred to as an aberration.
Traditional LASIK could measure only Lower Order Aberrations (LOA).
However, wavefront is able to measure both LOA and Higher Order
Aberrations (HOA). HOA typically come in the form of halos that
cloud your vision at nigh. Wavefront LASIK can provide significantly
improved contrast sensitivity, ie you will have significantly
improved vision when driving at night.
www.taiteye.com
15590 West 13 Mile Rd., Suite A
Beverly Hills, Michigan - 48025
The Eye Surgery Institute
Laser In-situ Keratomileusis, or LASIK, has evolved as the most
successful laser procedure for the correction of low, medium, and
high myopia, with or without astigmatism. Especially those
individuals with high myopia (-5 or more diopters) who were
difficult candidates for radial keratotomy have a new window of
opportunity. Now, LASIK is being performed successfully to correct
hyperopia and astigmatism, as well.
During the LASIK procedure, the patient is awake, but the eye is
numbed with a topical anesthetic (eye drops). A tiny instrument
(speculum) is affixed to hold the eyelids open. The eye is held
steady by a suction device while the keratome (flap maker) separates
surface layers of the cornea, lifting but not removing them
Patients are usually very pleased with the LASIK procedure, because
there is virtually no pain, and recovery is very swift. Since the
results of LASIK are usually very predictable, both eyes can be
corrected the same day or just a few days apart. Occasionally, a
touch-up might be necessary. That procedure involves lifting the
flap, re-lasering the corneal bed, and replacing the flap. A bandage
contact lens is inserted for 1 to 4 days after a touch up procedure
is done. If the procedure is necessary, with the special equipment
and instruments Dr. Grandon uses, it can be done as late as 4 years
after the first procedure is performed.
Dr. Stanley Grandon has designed several of his own highly
specialized instruments for use in cataract surgery. Made and
marketed nationally by Katena and Mueller, two of the leading
surgical instrument manufacturers, they hold many advantages over
previously designed instruments. He also designed and patented a
type of intraocular lens.Recently, Dr. Grandon designed a lid
speculum, manufactured by Katena, which carries certain safety
advantages over other lid speculums for LASIK surgery.
www.eyesurgeryinstitute.com
15212 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, Michigan
(313) 582-8856
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