Fort Wayne Laser Eye Surgery
A numbing drop will be placed in your eye, the area around your eye
will be cleaned, and an instrument called a lid speculum will be
used to hold your eyelids open. A ring
will be placed on your eye and very high pressures will be applied
to create suction to the cornea. Your vision will dim while the
suction ring is on and you may feel the
pressure and experience some discomfort during this part of the
procedure. The microkeratome is attached to the suction ring. Your
doctor will use the blade of the
microkeratome to make a flap in your cornea.
The microkeratome and the suction ring are then removed. You will be
able to see, but you will experience fluctuating degrees of blurred
vision during the rest of the
procedure. The doctor will then lift the flap and fold it back on
its hinge, and dry the exposed tissue.
The laser will be positioned over your eye and you will be asked to
stare at a light. This is not the laser used to remove tissue from
the cornea. This light is to help you keep your eye fixed on one
spot once the laser comes on. NOTE: If you cannot stare at a fixed
object for at least 60 seconds, you may not be a good candidate for
this surgery.
Dr. Hodkin attended the University of Miami and graduated magna cum
laude with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and biology. He earned
his medical degree from the
University of Florida School of Medicine in Gainesville, where he
received a four-year scholarship and graduated with honors. After
serving a medical internship at Lloyd
Noland Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, he completed a three-year
residency in ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr.
Hodkin continued his training to become a corneal sub-specialist by
serving a two-year fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at
Louisiana State University in New
Orleans, where he trained under world-renowned corneal surgeons.
www.drparent.com
321 E Wayne
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
1.800.EYE.SURG or 260.424.5656
Shealy Eye Laser Center
Your prescription is usually written in three numbers; "-3.00 -1.25
x 180" represents a typical prescription for one eye. The first
number -3.00 identifies your amount of
nearsightedness or farsightedness. The sign indicates whether you
are nearsighted (- sign) or farsighted (+ sign). The second number
-1.25 identifies your amount of
astigmatism. The number can be written either with (+ sign) or (-
sign). The third number 180 identifies the axis, which indicates the
degree or direction of your astigmatism. An axis of 180 degrees, for
example, means the astigmatism is horizontal. Therefore, this
prescription means that the patient is moderately nearsighted, with
a moderate degree of astigmatism in a horizontal direction.
(Note: Some people only have one number written for each eye. This
is when there is no astigmatism.)
Now let’s take a look at a prescription for both eyes: "OD -4.25
-1.50 x 180, OS -4.50 -1.25 x 175, +2.25 Add", represents a typical
prescription for both eyes. OD stands for right eye and OS stands
for the left eye. The “add” at the bottom of the prescription is for
the reading part of glasses that have bifocal lenses. It might be
unusual for anyone under the age of 40 to need this. Therefore, a
prescription of; "OD -4.25 -1.50 x 180, OS -4.50 -1.25 x 175"
indicates that the patient is moderately nearsighted in both eyes,
with a moderate degree of astigmatism in a horizontal direction in
each eye.
In 2004, our practice was completely revolutionized with the
acquisition of an Allegretto Wavefront Excimer laser from Erlangen,
Germany. Theo Seiler MD, Ophthalmologist and Physicist, who was the
first in the world to perform excimer photo ablation, built this
from the ground up. The ranges of -12.00D of myopia and -6.00D of
astigmatism and +6.00D of hyperopic with +6.00D of astigmatism,
makes it the highest capability laser in the world and is the
preferred laser of choice in the world. The laser has a Gaussian
0.9mm-flying spot, with it's wave optimized to preserve the normal
corneal contours or K readings, while maintaining the natural
curvature of the cornea. Retreatments after Allegretto Wavefront
Optimized LASIK and Epi-Laser have been virtually reduced to less
than a ¼%.
Our most recent advancement in 2008, is to offer flap LASIK with the
DaVinci Femtosecond Laser and thin flap LASIK with a new mechanical
blade. The reason for using the DaVinci Femtosecond laser or thin
flap LASIK is that it is safer than previous flap making devices. No
claim has been made by any of the companies that the return of
vision in the patient is any faster than with surface treatment or
older microkeratome LASIK procedures with a flap or cap. This
conclusion is drawn from conversations held with sales staff of the
companies that sell the DaVinci Femtosecond Laser.
www.shealyeye.com
6036 Trier Road Fort Wayne, IN 46815
Tel: (260) 486-0065 or (800) 644-6393 Fax: (260) 486-3437
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