LASIK and Laser Eye Surgery Information from LasikPlus
If you're stuck in glasses or contacts, imagine what it would be
like to wake each morning and see clearly throughout the day - no
matter what activities or hobbies you are enjoying. Imagine your
life without the frustration! Your new vision after LASIK Surgery
will allow you to focus on the more important things in your life.
Corrective laser eye surgery is extremely safe when performed by
qualified doctors. Like any surgical procedure, there can be
complications, but the complication rate is extremely low.
Results of clinical studies indicate the chances of having a
vision-reducing complication from LASIK Eye Surgery are less than
1%. There have been no reported cases of blindness resulting from
laser eye treatment in the United States.
The size of one’s pupil in dim light has long been discussed as a
factor in the results of LASIK. As the practice of laser vision
correction has evolved, physicians have learned that there are
numerous factors in delivering a superb visual result for our
patients. The effect that the size of one’s pupil has on vision is
one of many factors in how we see after the procedure.
With the advent of Wavefront driven procedures, physicians are now
able to analyze all the components of the optics of our eyes that
cause blur in our vision. The major factors in our blurred vision
are usually Nearsightedness, Farsightedness, and Astigmatism. These
three factors can be corrected with glasses or contacts. However,
everyone has some degree of other imperfections in the optics of
their eyes. These other factors are called “higher order
aberrations” and may contribute anywhere from 2% to 20% of the
overall blur. The aberrations have names like “coma”, “secondary
astigmatism”, “trefoil”, and “spherical aberration”.
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12018 Chenal Parkway
Suite A
Little Rock, AR 72211
Pleasant Valley Opthalmology
Although complications with LASIK surgery are rare, when they do
occur, they are often associated with the microkeratome cutting
blade. These include creation of an incomplete flap, inconsistent
flap thickness, striae/folds of the flap, inflammation and debris in
the interface of the flap, late flap trauma, etc. Epi-LASIK makes
laser vision correction (LVC) safer by replacing the microkeratome's
cutting metal blade with a plastic separator that gently pushes the
epithelial cells to one side in preparation for laser correction.
LASIK cutting of the stroma produces 2 parts that will never
completely seal. Because epi-LASIK separates, and not cuts, along a
natural separating plane in the cornea, the structural stability of
the cornea is preserved.
In addition, recent studies show that the creation of a stromal flap
leads to increased higher order visual aberrations post-operatively,
which can contribute to halos and night vision problems. This is
because the flap is created by a mechanical device which does not
cut a consistent flap. Because epi-LASIK creates the flap more
superficially and along a natural membrane, these aberrations are
significantly decreased.
Dry eye symptoms associated with LASIK are the most common cause of
post-operatively dissatisfaction and can occur in nearly 60% of
patients. This is because creation of the LASIK flap in the corneal
stroma cuts through the area where the nerves enter the cornea,
thereby severing more of the nerve fiber bundles which leads to dry
eyes. Because epi-LASIK separates far more superficially, most of
the nerves remain intact, thereby decreasing the incidence of dry
eye after laser vision correction.
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Pleasant Valley Ophthalmology
11825 Hinson Road, Suite 103
Little Rock, AR 72212-3404
Office 501-223-3937
Fax 501-223-8656
Deer Eye Clinic
LASIK is an acronym for Laser in-situ Keratolomileusis. It is a
laser vision correction procedure used to correct nearsightedness,
farsightedness, astigmatism, or a combination of both. LASIK works
by the creation of a small corneal flap either by a microkeratome
blade or laser (Intralase), then the flap is folded back on its
hinged and reshaped by a different type of laser called the excimer
laser (VISX Star 4).
Dr. Deer Jr., a native Arkansan, grew up in Mississippi County, and
has lived and practiced in Little Rock for over 30 years. He
attended Hendrix College and graduated from the University of
Tennessee Medical School. He continued his residency in
ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee Medical School with a
six month course at Harvard University. He is married to an
Arkansan, Florence Ross and t hey have three children, Jim, an
ophthalmologist at the Deer Eye Clinic, Ross, a lawyer in Kansas
City, and Sloan, a librarian in Conway, Arkansas.
By age 80, more than half of all Americans will have had a cataract,
yet many people still do not know what they are or what causes them.
Cataracts are common among those over age 50 and are characterized
by clouding of the eye’s lens. This results in blurry vision, poor
night vision, double vision, alteration of color perception, and
seeing glare and haloes. Cataracts are degenerative changes in the
structure of the eye that form when protein in the lens begins to
clump together, clouding a small area of the eye. This cloud will
continue to grow and interfere with vision. They can occur in one or
both eyes. While the most common cause of cataracts is age, they can
also be caused by eye trauma, certain medications, and various
environmental and lifestyle factors. One can be born with cataracts
as well.
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8500 W Markham St
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)374-9166
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