We all use our vision to enjoy the beauty of the world, to perceive information and store it in memory. However, few of us think about how this unique mechanism works. Moreover, working in front of the computer, we are not stingy with our eyesight, and often go to the doctor for serious eye problems.
Today, diagnoses such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism are familiar even to children. All of these diseases are characterized by impaired vision. Depending on the condition and age of the patient, various methods can be used to treat these conditions - vitamin therapy, eye therapy exercises, wearing glasses. When this treatment fails, doctors recommend surgery to restore vision. What is this operation? Let's figure it out together.
Types of Surgery to Restore Vision
A few decades ago, humans had no ability to eliminate complex vision problems. Today, this technological process has achieved a major breakthrough in the field of ophthalmology, allowing you to restore vision in one day. This is about laser technology. Eye surgery is performed using highly advanced laser equipment. There are several different methods of laser vision correction. Let's look at them in detail:
- super laser- The most common surgery today, performed according to each patient's individual parameters and therefore the best results.
- laser- Basic methods of vision correction. It does not take into account the individual characteristics of the patient's corneal structure.
- Femtosecond laser- A technique that restores vision using a special femtosecond laser.
- Femto Super Laser- The method is similar to the standard Femto Lasik, but is performed taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient's eye.
- Presby Laser- The technology takes into account age-related changes in near vision in patients over 40 years of age, attempting to correct at all distances without glasses.
- PR– Contraindications for this method to be used for standard procedures. For example, if the cornea is too thin.
- Epi-Lasik- One of the varieties of standard Lasik procedure, sometimes used for thin corneas.
Surgery
The ophthalmologist removes the upper part of the cornea, then laser ablates the inside and returns the top layer to its place. The surgery is performed under local anesthesia, not general anesthesia. Therefore, the damage to the body is minimal. The patient feels fine. Visual acuity begins to recover 2-3 days after surgery. Further procedures, to expedite the recovery period, are performed by patients themselves at home.
Contraindications for surgical intervention
People under the age of 18 and over the age of 60 cannot use laser surgery to correct their vision. Furthermore, this surgical intervention is contraindicated in the presence of diseases such as tuberculosis, diabetes, oncology, etc. in the patient. Laser correction is not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Postoperative period
As we said before, vision returns quickly after laser surgery. Patients are only required to observe eye hygiene rules and temporarily exclude physical activity. Complications of laser surgery are minimized.
Therefore, we have found that surgery to restore vision gives you the best results in eliminating nearsightedness, farsightedness, glaucoma, fibroids, astigmatism, and more. The vision correction process is quick, and recovery and adaptation are painless. Surgery can work wonders even in advanced stages of visual organ disease. In this case, the patient does not receive general anesthesia and does not experience discomfort before or after the procedure.
Better than any surgery, however, is preventing disease. Therefore, it is necessary to protect eyesight and health from an early age.