Eye Surgery

Even though Lasik eye surgery is quite a simple and fast procedure, it can be quite expensive. The first step to consider is finding out the average cost of the procedure and then deciding to go to an eye center or a doctor that fits your budget. However, always keep in mind that cheap surgeries may carry lots of dangers.

First of all, you should know that there are two types of Lasik surgery: custom Lasik and traditional Lasik. Custom Lasik is more expensive than traditional Lasik. Also, there are new technologies that may increase the price such as intralaser technology.

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Lasik is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person’s dependency on glasses or contact lenses. Lasik eye surgery is a very popular technique known mostly for the general ease of the procedure.

LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middlesection of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced. Continue Reading »

What Is Laser Eye Surgery?

The use of computer technology in medical science is fast developing. Nowadays there are a large number of surgical procedures available for patients who need to correct their vision.

Generally, laser eye surgery is used in three types of eye problems: 

• myopia – near sighted
• hyperopia – far – sighted
• astigmatism – distorting vision at any distance

What cause these conditions are problems with the patient’s ability to focus an image on the retina. The ability to focus varies upon three factors: the distance from the back to the front of the eye, the shape of the cornea and the lens. The cornea is the curved clear front surface of the human eye above the iris and the pupil. It provides approximately two thirds of the eye’s ability to focus.

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