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LASIK Up-to-date Newsletter
LASIK – Quality comes first
It has been proven many times that successful LASIK surgery requires
a high degree of precision, professionalism, and trustworthiness.
These requirements are not only relevant to surgery, they already begin
during the patients’ preliminary examination. Several diagnostic
procedures were developed within the last few years, which in part may
directly influence the result of LASIK surgery. By incorporating cornea
topography, e.g. the Orbscan system, individual irregularities of the
cornea surface can be determined, fed into the Excimer Laser, and consequently
corrected.
Once the results of the examination are available, the technician gives
the patient advice, based on data from the examination. A technician,
with many years of extensive experience, can use an internal quality
management system, and if need be, openly discuss any existing doubts
the patient may have concerning surgery, and share the information with
the patient. The experiences within the last few years e.g. showed that
the accuracy of the LASIK procedure with strong myopia is reduced. With
myopia from –8 to –10 diopters, LASIK is, as a rule, not
recommended. The reason for this is the adverse affect on night vision
with strong myopia, which especially occurs in patients with large pupils.
Therefore, the preliminary examination must include measuring of the
pupil diameter in the dark.
The FreeVis Lasik Centers are an association of eye clinics and ophthalmological
surgery centers that have specialized in refractive eye surgery procedures,
and are working together very closely. Quality management, including
evaluation of each individual laser treatment extends beyond the limit
of the individual LASIK center, as the physicians are constantly exchanging
knowledge and experience. All clinics use only the newest and most modern
instruments and lasers.
The FreeVis Centers are employing a good strategy, as a recent general
opinion poll indicated: Many patients consider the cost of the treatment
less important. They are more interested in the modern technology of
the Laser center, the number of patients that have undergone surgery,
and in patient satisfaction.
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