Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The procedure LASIK

To determine if a patient is a good candidate for the ocular surgery LASIK, the ophthalmologist will carry out an eye exam before the LASIK. Once it finalized the exam, the patients will continue you determined guidelines in the days and previous weeks to the correction of the vision with LASIK. The traditional procedure of correction of the vision with LASIK begins with the creation of a corneal strip articulated. After anesthetizing the eye with trite ocular drops, the surgeon ocular specialist in LASIK creates the strip in the external surface of the eye to expose the underlying cornea. This strip can be created with a microqueratoma (a manual device) or with the laser Intralase®, that permits that the surgeon believes the strip by means of a laser guided by computer. Then, the cornea using is remodeled a laser excimer and the strip is placed again in its place. Obtain more information on the ocular surgery LASIK. After the ocular surgery LASIK many patients experience an improvement of the vision immediately, though can delay to six months to reach stability in the vision. The patients can have a brief period of recovery of the surgery LASIK, but in general little exists or any inconvenience after the procedure. The exams of monitoring assure a correct scar formation.

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