Types of Laser Eye Surgeries Used in India

Laser surgery is done to correct the vision issues like astigmatism, farsightedness and nearsightedness. Laser eye surgeries are also done by persons to remove dependence on glasses. Before deciding about any eye surgery, the person should consult the doctor to check the eye conditions and know which type of surgery would suite the person. A person should also know if he or she is a candidate for eye surgery.

Many surgeries are performed with the laser. In lasik surgery, the laser is used to reshape the cornea to correct the vision.  The under lined corneal tissue is reshaped to focus light into the eye and onto the retina.  In this surgery the flab is made in the outer layer of the cornea to access the underlying tissue.  This surgery is also done with help of computer imaging called wave front technology, in which detail image of cornea is used as guide for treatment.

In PRK, photorefractive keratectomy, surgery, the use of laser is done to correct moderate degree of astigmatism, nearsightedness and farsightedness. Like Lasik surgery, here also the laser is used to reshape the cornea. But the difference is that in this surgery the laser is used on the surface of the cornea, not under the flab of cornea. This surgery can also be done with the computer image of the cornea.

The lasek surgery has some resemblance with Laser Eye Surgery in Delhi   the PRK surgery. In this surgery, an epithellai cells are treated with alcohol to loosen them before creating flab. The laser is used to reshape the cornea. The flab is then replaced and covered with soft contact lens for healing.

The RLE, refractive lens exchange, surgery is like the surgery done to remove cataracts. In this surgery a small incision is made at the edge of the cornea. Then natural lens of the eye is removed and a silicon or plastic lens is put in its place. This surgery is done to correct the extreme cases of farsightedness or nearsightedness. For curing astigmatism issue, the Lasik procedure can be combined with this surgery. Often the people with dry eyes, thin cornea or any minor issue related to cornea are given RLE surgery.

EPILASIK is used to separate Eye Treatment Delhi India a thin cell layer from cornea to reshape the internal cornea with laser. The thin cell layer can be replaced or left according to the procedure of the surgery selected. Laser treated area is the covered with soft contact lens for healing.  The success rate of all these surgeries is more than 98 %. Person can take these surgeries as outpatient and don’t need hospitalization.  The patients have shown improvemts in vision after few days of treatment.  In rare cases, the issues of overcorrection or under correction, infection may occur. Sometimes the desired results may not come from one surgery and another surgery is required, but again the cases of this nature are very rare.