LASER EYE SURGERY

Increasing numbers of people are turning to laser eye surgery to correct vision defects and it is fair to say that although occasional problems will arise with the procedure, the majority of patients are pleased with the results. The reason that laser eye surgery has become so popular in recent years is that the costs has fallen dramatically and it is also accessible to a good proportion of the population. However, there are particular groups of people where laser eye surgery is not appropriate, but your specialist eye care advisor will be able to let you know quite quickly if you are eligible.

The good thing about this procedure is that it can be undertaken on a walk-in basis without significant discomfort after the corrective eye surgery has been .

Eye surgery - also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery - is normally undertaken by an ophthalmologist, but the highly complex operations will be performed by surgeons that are fellowship trained.

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A skilled ophthalmologist will identify exactly what needs to be done and will be responsible for the care of the patient.

Anaesthesia is always required for eye surgery and a local anaesthesia is most often used.

To make sure the patient doesn't feel any pain, retrobulbar and peribulbar techniques are used on the area surrounding the eye muscle cone. Sometimes lidocaine topical gel is used as the anaesthesia for quick operations. However, this requires patient co-operation whenever this is used.

Most commonly in the case of children and for traumatic eye injuries and major orbitotomies a general anaesthesia will be used. Cardiovascular monitoring is usual in local anaesthesia and is mandatory with general anaesthesia.

The area around the eye is sterilised before surgery commences and antiseptics such as povidone-iodine will be used. In addition, sterile drapes, gowns and gloves are used during the eye surgery. Furthermore, a plastic sheet with a receptacle assists in the collection of fluids during phacoemulsification.

In most procedures a speculum is inserted around the eyes to keep them open. For particularly nervous patients a facial nerve blocking agent such as lidocaine or bupivacaine is used.

More and more people are resorting to laser eye surgery to correct vision defects and radial keratotomy is an example of refractive surgery without the use of a laser.

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