Lasik Surgery Help

Wavefront technology works by the surgeon transmitting a safe ray of light into the eye. The light is reflected off the retina, through the pupil, and into the apparatus, that measures and captures the unique patterns of our eyes. The map is created is electronically transferred to the laser so the surgeon is able to customize the surgery for your particular eye problems. The number of doctors performing this new technology is growing and it generally costs more than traditional LASIK. Sometimes you are not a candidate for any type of refractive surgery so you must make sure you seek out a reputable physician that performs surgery with state of the art equipment. Do some homework of your own before having them perform the surgery. They should pay attention to every detail of the surgery and you as a patient. If you get a gut feeling about the physician or that the center is more of a cookie cutter operation, just beware. Don’t take short cuts when it comes to your vision. Make sure the vision center stands behind your vision results for the rest of your life. If you have a surgery and complications occur, it is much more difficult to correct the problems than if they hadn’t occurred in the first place.

Ask a lot of questions of the surgeon. Your consultation is an important part of the process so take full advantage of it. Here is a list of questions you can ask the surgeon, but don’t limit it to just these if there are other things on your mind:

• Get a list of at least ten patients to contact for referrals.

• What percent of patients have achieved uncorrected visual acuity?

• How long has the physician been performing refractive surgery? Be wary if less than three years

• How many total procedures have they done? Be wary if less than 500

• How many patients have they done with your type of refractive problems? Be wary if less than 100.

• Has the surgeon ever had malpractice insurance denied?