Advanced Eye Care Associates


CORRECTING THE PROBLEM

Refractive Surgery works by altering the shape of your cornea, thus changing the way your eye focuses images. The number, depth, length and placement of microincisions are carefully planned based on your personal data.

RADIAL KERATOTOMY (RK)
To correct myopia, a procedure called Radial Keratotomy (RK) is performed. Radial Keratotomy, has a 25 year track record with over a million procedures performed worldwide. Microincisions are made in a radial (or spoke-like) pattern which flattens the cornea.

EXCIMER LASER (PRK)
On October 20, 1995, the F.D.A. approved the new Excimer Laser which corrects mild to moderate degrees of nearsightedness, thereby lessening or eliminating dependency on glasses or contact lenses. To date 500,000 Excimer procedures have been performed worldwide.

The New Staar Visx Excimer Laser used by Dr. Saimovici corrects both nearsightedness and astigmatism.

PARALLEL MICROINCISON
To correct astigmatism, parallel microincisions are used. It is important to note that these procedures can be combined.

LAMELLAR KERATOTOMY
For those who are farsighted, other refractive procedures such as Lamellar Keratotomy or the Excimer or Holmium Lasers can be used.

* No restrictions. No patch or shield is necessary after Radial Keratotomy(RK) or the Excimer Laser.

* Radial Keratotomy (RK) and Photorefractive Keratotomy (PRK) are painless procedures (anesthetic eye drops, no injections), that take less than 10 minutes to perform.




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