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Have You Ever Checked Your Eyes After Laser Refractive Surgery?

DO YOU KNOW…

Laser refractive surgery permanently reshapes corneal tissue by using laser beam in order to correct refractive errors.

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LASIK cases performed worldwide1

LASIK: Femtosecond excimer laser to reshape underlying tissue at cornea by creating a corneal flap.3

1. Solomon, K. D., De Castro, L. E. F., Sandoval, H. P., et al. (2009). LASIK world literature review: quality of life and patient satisfaction.Ophthalmology,116(4), 691-701.
3. Hanratty, M. (2005). LASIK a Handbook for Optometrists. Elsevier Limited.
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SMILE cases performed worldwide2

SMILE: Laser directly creates refractive lenticule within central area of cornea without creating a corneal flap.4

2. Figure from Carl Zeiss MeditecAG (2021)
4. Sekundo, W., Kunert, K. S., & Blum, M. (2011). Small incision corneal refractive surgery using the small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism: results of a 6 month prospective study. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 95(3), 335-339.

WHILE YOU OBTAIN BETTER VISION,

YOU MAY STILL EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING POST-OPERATIVE SYMPTOMS
  • Dry eyes (95%)5,6
  • Night Vision disturbances9
    Glare (43%) & Halos (41%) & Trouble Seeing in Dim Light (35.2%)10
  • Regression5
  • Corneal Complications
    Corneal ectasia7,8 & Epithelial ingrowth7,8
  • Keratoconus
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5. Murueta-Goyena, A., & Canadas, P. (2018). Visual outcomes and management after corneal refractive surgery: A review. Journal of optometry, 11(2), 121-129.
6.Shehadeh-Mashor, R., Mimouni, M., Shapira, Y., Sela, T., Munzer, G., & Kaiserman, I. (2019). Risk factors for dry eye after refractive surgery. Cornea, 38(12), 1495-1499.
7. del Barrio, J. L. A., Wilkins, M., Cochener, B., & Ang, M. (2019). Refractive surgery. The Lancet, 393(10185), 2085-2098.
8. Estopinal, Christopher B, & Mian, Shahzad I. (2016). LASIK Flap: Postoperative complications. International Ophthalmology Clinics, 56(2), 67–71. https://doi.org/10.1097/IIO.0000000000000107
9. Night Vision Disturbances after Successful LASIK Surgery. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Feb 21. Villa Collar C, Gutierrez R, Jimenez JR, Gonzalez-Meijome JM. Clinica Oftalmologica Novovision, Spain.
10. Mamalis N. Laser vision correction among physicians: "the proof of the pudding is in the eating".
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of patients are having night vision difficulties after successful refractive surgery.9
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