Posts Tagged refractive surgery
Should I consider Lasik Eye surgery?
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on September 17th, 2009
Many people are curious about Lasik eye surgery as an option for vision correction instead of the traditional glasses or contact lenses that they’ve used for ages. Many people were told in the past that they were not good candidates but with current up-to-date technology, many of these people are actually very good candidates. The reasons for having Lasik eye surgery are very personal and each individual has to look at his or her own needs, desires, and lifestyle. Those things will be the major determinants on whether you should have Lasik eye surgery.
Reading Vision After Cataract or Lasik Surgery. What should you think about?
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on June 2nd, 2009
How to deal with reading vision after eye surgery?
Treatment of Astigmatism in Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 28th, 2009
Treating Astigmatism in Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Premium IOLS: the Basics
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 27th, 2009
Premium Intraocular Lenses: The Basics
Trends Show Increasing Use of Blade Free Lasik
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 21st, 2009
As time passes, more and more US eye surgeons are changing over to the use of blade-free lasik systems like the iLasik system that I use. Every study has shown that results using the femtosecond lasers to make Lasik flaps result in equal or better outcomes with significant safety advantages. Those resisting change to the more advanced systems continue to site the cheaper cost and the time savings. Typically they mention time savings of around 8 minutes per case. I personally find it astonishing that the surgeon would sacrifice safety and precision for the sake of cramming in a few more cases a day. If the case can be made safer by spending just a few more minutes per case, I don’t see how that is unreasonable. Here is a link to a recent article from Ocular Surgery News detailing the current trends toward the laser only flade-free Lasik systems.
Lasik for Military Pilots and Astronauts
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 19th, 2009
In my last blog, I wrote about the reasons that I chose to have Lasik eye surgery to improve my vision and function at work. Of course, as a surgeon, my vision is critical to what I do and there are many other professions where that is the case too. One of the most important professions where vision is vital is the military. Not surprisingly, a lot of the most respected and rigorous research work into Lasik and PRK has been by armed forces ophthalmologists who try to determine the appropriateness of different kinds of refractive surgery for military personnel.
Why does an Eye Surgeon get iLasik?
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 15th, 2009
People have refractive eye surgery (usually Lasik these days) for many reasons including lifestyle, functional, or cosmetic issues. I had Lasik and my reasons were largely due to function. Previously, I wore contact lenses, but as time passed and I grew older, my eyes became less and less tolerant of them. I remember very well the moment that I realized that contact lenses were becoming a problem for me. I was an eye surgery resident in the middle of a surgery. My eyes were bothering me from dryness and allergy, so my contact lenses were quite irritating. This problem had been increasing steadily over time so that usually by early afternoon I could no longer wear the contact lenses. In this case, while I was doing surgery, the problem became so bad that one contact lense actually popped out of an eye. Luckily, it was toward the end of the surgery and I was able to complete the case without incident using just one eye. From that time until I had Lasik, I did all my surgeries wearing glasses.