VenturaVision.com
Dr. Lum is the only glaucoma specialist in Ventura and Santa Barbara
counties. He is also trained in advanced cataract and refractive
surgeries. Dr. Lum has helped many
doctors across the country learn his cataract surgery techniques. He
has been an innovator in bringing new techniques such as clear
cornea cataract surgery, presbyopic IOL correction and LASIK
refractive surgery to Ventura County.
Dr. Lum was among the first surgeons in Southern California to
perform No-stitch, No- Needle, No-Patch, Clear Cornea Cataract
Surgery using state of the art
"phacoemulsification." A major advance in cataract surgery, this
procedure can be performed in less than ten minutes on an outpatient
basis. Most patients can resume
normal activities the day of the surgery, and many patients are
seeing better minutes after their surgery.
Dr. Lum is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the
internationally respected Jules Stein Eye Institute of UCLA. He
believes that it is important for successful surgeons to donate
their time to the training of the next generation of eye doctors. In
recognition of this conviction, he volunteers his time each month,
training new eye surgeons in his
surgical techniques.
www.venturavision.com
3088 Telegraph Road,
Suite A,
Ventura, California.
Ventura California Vision Correction
LASIK surgery is an acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ
Keratomileusis. In Los Angeles, LASIK eye surgery gained popularity
several years ago because it offers minimal discomfort and a rapid
restoration of vision—sometimes immediately after the procedure.
Developed to reduce or eliminate the dependency on glasses and
contact lenses, LASIK surgery was considered a revolution in the
vision correction field. Unfortunately, to perform LASIK, the
surgeon must cut a corneal flap which introduces a small level of
risk to the procedure. Both the Keratome (mechanical) and Intralase
(laser) flap creating devices have similar safety and risk profiles.
LASIK had been the preference of many specialists in Los Angeles
lasik eye surgery correction due to minimal recovery time and pain –
compared to PRK (photorefractive
keratomileusis) – and if you live near Los Angeles, the Ventura Eye
Institute is your ideal choice.
PRK was the original approach to laser vision correction. It is
still considered tremendously safe, but has a one-week healing time.
LASIK, however, provides near-instant recuperation of vision.
During LASIK, an instrument called a microkeratome or a laser (Intralase)
is used to create a flap in the cornea which is about the top 15-20%
of the cornea. In LASEK, only the outer ultra-thin epithelial layer
(<1%)is loosened chemically. Dr. Ragen then folds the flap out of
the way and reshapes the corneal tissue underneath using a VISX Star
S4 laser with CustomVue (described below). The VISX Star S4 uses
wavefront guided LASIK/LASEK to precisely remove very tiny bits of
tissue from the
cornea to change its curvature. As the cornea is reshaped it is
better able to focus light into the eye and onto the retina, which
results in better, clearer vision. At the end of the procedure, the
flap is then laid back in place to cover. Importantly,
nearsightedness, astigmatism and farsightedness can be treated with
LASIK or LASEK. The whole surgery typically takes about 3 minutes
per eye and is painless.
www.venturaeyeinstitute.com
3801 Las Posas Road,
Suite 112
Camarillo, California 9301
Los Angeles LASIK Eye Surgery
Also known as Intra-LASIK, all-laser LASIK, blade-free LASIK, or
bladeless LASIK, IntraLase is a LASIK (Laser-Assisted in Situ
Keratomileusis) laser vision correction
technology which uses tiny, rapid pulses of laser light to create
the corneal flap—instead of using a metal blade—during the first
step of LASIK.
Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology is uniquely able
to program the dimensions of your flap based on what’s best for your
eye. Then the IntraLase laser
creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea—without ever
using a blade to cut it. Because of the superior accuracy of the
IntraLase method, certain patients who
were ineligible for LASIK may now be able to have treatment,
especially patients with very thin or asymmetric corneas.
The major difference between IntraLasik and LASIK is that with
IntraLasik the IntraLase laser creates the corneal flap for the
laser eye surgery instead of a microkeratome blade. A microkeratome
is a surgical device that is affixed to the eye by use of a vacuum
ring in conventional LASIK surgery. When secured, a very sharp,
precise blade cuts a layer of the cornea at a predetermined depth.
IntraLase technology uses a computer to control the special laser
used only for creating the corneal flap for the LASIK surgery
procedure. Tiny, rapid pulses of laser light position microscopic
bubbles at a precise depth and diameter determined by the surgeon.
The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea, creating the
flap in about 20 seconds. It’s quiet and it’s comfortable. With the
latest advances, IntraLase technology brings additional accuracy, as
well as superior safety and
efficacy to the creation of the corneal flap.
www.davidorf.com
7320 Woodlake Avenue, Suite 190,
West Hills, CA 91307
Phone: (818) 883-0112
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