Excimer Laser Retractive Surgery

In younger patients who have the defect of glasses, the procedure of choice is still the Excimer laser keratomileusis, or LASIK. Other variants of of this technique are PRK PRK or mitomycin.

The lens is cut into the cornea in all of this procedures, patient improves uncorrected visual acuity. Some cases of irregular astigmatism or corneal pathologies can be treated with intrastromal corneal rings. In extreme cases of myopia or hyperopia, they are introduced into the eye as the ICL phakic lenses, which also have the advantage of being reversible in its placement.

Definitively, there are different techniques nowadays to reduce dioptrie, by suitable choice, depending on the and age and patient dioptries as well as the characteristics of each eye.