12Sep
Blephoroplasty – EyeLid Surgery

Blephoroplasty – EyeLid Surgery

Beauty for life

Enhancing your appearance with eyelid surgery

Cosmetic eyelid surgery, called blepharoplasty, is a surgical procedure to improve the appearance of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both, and give a rejuvenated appearance to the surrounding area of your eyes, making you look more rested and alert.

Specifically, eyelid surgery can treat:

  • Loose or sagging skin that creates folds or disturbs the natural contour of the upper eyelid, sometimes impairing vision
  • Excess fatty deposits that appear as puffiness in the upper eyelids
  • Bags under the eyes
  • Droopiness of the lower eyelids, showing white below the iris (colored portion of the eye)
  • Excess skin and fine wrinkles of the lower eyelid

Is it right for me?

Eyelid surgery is usually performed on adult men and women who have healthy facial tissue and muscles and have realistic goals for improvement of the upper and/or lower eyelids and surrounding area.

You should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else’s desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image.

Good candidates are:

  • Healthy individuals who do not have a life-threatening illness or medical conditions that can impair healing
  • Non-smokers
  • Individuals with a positive outlook and specific goals in mind for blepharoplasty · Individuals without serious eye conditions

You must tell your doctor if you have any of these medical conditions:

  • Eye disease such as glaucoma, dry eye or a detached retina
  • Thyroid disorders such as Graves’ disease and under or overactive thyroid
  • Cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure or other circulatory disorders or diabetes

Preparing for surgery

Prior to surgery, you may be asked to:

  • Get lab testing or a medical evaluation
  • Take certain medications or adjust your current medications
  • Stop smoking well in advance of surgery
  • Avoid taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and herbal supplements as they can increase bleeding

Special instructions you receive will cover:

  • What to do on the night before and the morning of surgery
  • The use of anesthesia during your procedure
  • Post-operative care and follow-up

Your plastic surgeon will also discuss where your procedure will be performed. Blepharoplasty may be performed in an accredited office-based surgical center, outpatient or ambulatory surgical center, or a hospital.

You’ll need help

If your eyelid surgery is performed on an outpatient basis, be sure to arrange for someone to drive you to and from surgery and to stay with you for at least the first night following surgery.

Important facts about the saftey and risks of eyelid surgery

The decision to have eyelid surgery is extremely personal and you’ll have to decide if the benefits will achieve your goals and if the risks and potential complications are acceptable.

Your plastic surgeon and/or staff will explain in detail the risks associated with surgery. You will be asked to sign consent forms to ensure that you fully understand the procedure you will undergo and any risks or potential complications.

  • Unfavorable scarring
  • Temporarily blurred or impaired vision
  • Dry eyes
  • Difficulty closing your eyes
  • Lid lag, a pulling down of the lower eyelid may occur and is often temporary
  • Ectropion, rolling of the eyelid outwards
  • Bleeding (hematoma)
  • Poor wound healing
  • Infection
  • Fluid accumulation
  • Blood clots
  • Numbness and other changes in skin sensation
  • Anesthesia risks
  • Eyelid disorders that involve abnormal position of the upper eyelids (eyelid ptosis), loose eyelid skin, or abnormal laxness of the lower eyelid (ectropion) can coexist with sagging forehead and eyebrow structures; brow lift surgery will not correct these disorders; additional surgery may be required
  • Pain, which may persist
  • Skin discoloration and swelling
  • Sutures may spontaneously surface through the skin, become visible or produce irritation that require removal
  • Deep vein thrombosis, cardiac and pulmonary complications
  • Possibility of revisional surgery
  • Loss of eyesight

Be sure to ask questions:

It’s very important to ask your plastic surgeon questions about your eyelid procedure. It’s natural to feel some anxiety, whether it’s excitement for your anticipated new look or a bit of preoperative stress. Don’t be shy about discussing these feelings with your plastic surgeon.

When you go home

If you experience shortness of breath, chest pains, or unusual heart beats, seek medical attention immediately. Should any of these complications occur, you may require hospitalization and additional treatment.
The practice of medicine and surgery is not an exact science. Although good results are expected, there is no guarantee. In some situations, it may not be possible to achieve optimal results with a single surgical procedure. Another surgery may be necessary.

You will be given specific instructions that may include:

How to care for your eyes, medications to apply or take orally to aid healing and reduce the potential for infection, specific concerns to look for at the surgical site or in your overall health, and when to follow-up with your plastic surgeon.

Initial healing may include some swelling, bruising, irritation or dry eyes and discomfort that can be controlled with medication, cold compresses and ointment. Irritation at the incision sites also is possible. Be sure to ask your plastic surgeon specific questions about what you can expect during your individual recovery period.

  • Where will I be taken after my surgery is complete?
  • What medication will I be given or prescribed after surgery?
  • Will I have dressings/bandages after surgery?
  • When will they be removed?
  • Are stitches removed? When?
  • When can I resume normal activity and exercise?
  • When do I return for follow-up care?

A special note: You must practice diligent sun protection and use darkly tinted sunglasses until the healing process is fully complete.

The results will be long-lasting

Your final results will appear within several weeks, but it may take up to a year for incision lines to fully refine.
While eyelid surgery can be expected to correct certain conditions permanently, you will continue to age naturally. Life-long sun protection will help to maintain your results.

How much will eyelid surgery cost? Cost is always a consideration in elective surgery. Prices for eyelid surgery can vary widely.
Cost may include:

  • Surgeon’s fee
  • Hospital or surgical facility costs
  • Anesthesia fees
  • Prescriptions for medication, and
  • Medical tests
  • Your satisfaction involves more than a fee

When choosing a plastic surgeon for eyelid surgery, remember that the surgeon’s experience and your comfort with him or her are just as important as the final cost of the surgery.

Most health insurance does not cover cosmetic surgery or its complications. When eyelid surgery is performed to eliminate the redundant skin covering the eyelashes, it may be covered by insurance. Carefully review your policy.

Questions to ask my plastic surgeon

  • Are you certified by boards.
  • Are you a member of plastic surgeons sociaty
  • Were you specifically trained in the field of plastic surgery?
  • How many years of plastic surgery training have you had?
  • Is the office-based surgical facility accredited by a nationally- or state-recognized accrediting agency, or is it state-licensed or Medicare-certified?
  • Am I a good candidate for this procedure?
  • What will be expected of me to get the best results?
  • Where and how will you perform my procedure?
  • What surgical technique is recommended for me?
  • How long of a recovery period can I expect, and what kind of help will I need during my recovery?
  • What are the risks and complications associated with my procedure?
  • How are complications handled?
  • How can I expect my eyes to look over time?
  • What are my options if I am dissatisfied with the cosmetic outcome of my eyelid surgery?
  • Do you have before-and-after photos I can look at for this procedure and what results are reasonable for me?
22Aug
Ivf Treatment Obstetric & Women Health
Ivf Treatment Obstetric & Women Health

You need to stay here about 15 days ,

You don’t need to stay at hospital all the time.

We can organise kindly tours for you.

 

  • Test tube baby (IVF): treating tubal obstruction, endometriosis, and unexplained infertility etc.
  • ICSI-IVF: treating male infertility such as oligospermia, azoospermia, and athenozoospermia.
  • Intrauteirne insemination (IUI) : treating ouvulatory dysfunction, male subinfertility.
  • Cryoperservartion: freezing sperm, oocytes, and sparing embryos after IVF.
  • Assisted hatching: increases implantation potential of embryos.
  • Tubal reversal surgery by mciroscppe and laparoscope.
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD): an evolving technique that provides a practical alternative to prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for couples who are at substantial risk of transmitting a serious genetic disorder to their offspring.

16Aug
Organ Transplantation
Organ Transplantation

World acclaimed organ transplants have been successfully carried out in Turkey in many occasions. The transplantation process begins with an interview with the corresponding coordinator. Various clinical checkups are then carried out to verify the donor’s condition as well as an interview with a social worker to evaluate the intentions to donate.

Turkey transplant teams (kidney, liver, heart, bone marrow etc.), in collaboration with other staff members, provide a comprehensive medical care. Conferences are held at a regular interval by each transplant team to carefully examine each case. Transplantation coordinators offer moral supports to donors and recipients in dealing with their crisis. Setting up a meeting with individual internal organ transplantation patients with donors allows them to share their experiences and inspires others to consider donation.

15Aug
Orthopedia
Orthopedia

​Treatments available

  • Total Hip Replacement
  • Total Knee Replacement
  • Sports medicine
    1. Knee
    2. Shoulder
    3. Foot and Ankle
  • Paediatric orthopaedics
  • Spinal surgery
  • Arthrosis
  • Limb lengthening
  • Trauma care
  • Hand and wrist surgery, microsurgery, replantation

Surgery packages

Total hip replacement

  • This package includes ground transportation, medical procedures in the hospital and 5 star hotel accommodation for a total stay of 20 days.

Spinal fusion

  • This package includes ground transportation, medical procedures in the hospital and 5 star hotel accommodation for a total stay of 12 days.

Total knee replacement

  • This package includes ground transportation, medical procedures in the hospital and 5 star hotel accommodation for a total stay of 19 days.

 Before the operation

Stop smoking and get your weight down. (See Healthy Living). If you know that you have problems with your blood pressure, your heart, or your lungs, ask your family doctor to check that these are under control. Check the hospital’s advice about taking the pill or hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Check you have a relative or friend who can come with you to hospital, take you home, and look after you for the first week after the operation. Bring all your tablets and medicines with you to hospital. On the ward, you may be checked for past illnesses and may have special tests, ready for the operation. Many hospitals now run special preadmission clinics, where you visit for an hour or two, a few weeks or so before the operation for these.

 

What Happens After the Surgery?

The average hospital stay after knee joint replacement is usually three to five days. The vast majority of people who undergo knee joint replacement surgery have dramatic improvement. This improvement is most notable one month or more after surgery. The pain caused by the damaged joint is relieved when the new gliding surface is constructed during surgery.

After knee joint replacement, people are standing and moving the joint the day after surgery. At first.

After knee joint replacement, people are standing and moving the joint the day after surgery. At first, you may walk with the help of parallel bars, and then a walking device — such as crutches, walker, or cane — will be used until your knee is able to support your full body weight. After about 6 weeks, most people are walking comfortably with minimal assistance. Once muscle strength is restored with physical therapy, people who have had knee joint replacement surgery can enjoy most activities (except running and jumping).

14Aug
Hair Replacement

Hair Replacement

Operasyon Öncesi Hazırlık

Operasyon öncesi hazırlık ve planlama aşmasında şu 5 kritere dikkat edilmelidir.

1- Yaş; dökülme paterninin tespiti, medikal tedaviden yararlanılması, saç ekimi planlandıysa yüzdeki yaşa bağlı değişikliklerin değerlendirilmesi ve saç çizgisinin buna bağlı dizaynı yönünden önemlidir.

2- Donör sahadaki (saç köklerinin alım yapılacağı bölge) saçların ince veya kalın çapta olması, ekim yapılan alanda yoğun görünümün elde edilmesi için, planlamada göz önünde tutulmalıdır. Aynı sayıda ince çapa sahip saç kökünün, kalın çaplı saç köklerine göre daha seyrek bir görünüm kazandıracağı bir gerçektir.

3- Donör sahadaki saç ünitelerinin yoğunluğu; operasyon öncesi 1 cm2 deki follikül ünite sayısının tespiti ve bu ünitelerin maksimum % 25’inin alınabilmesi, ekim yapılacak toplam ünite sayısını da belirler. Nitekim % 25′ den daha fazla alımlarda donör sahada seyreklik oluşacağı bir gerçektir.

4- Kellik derecesi; belki de uygun aday seçiminde en önemli kriterdir. Bu kriter saç çizgisinin belirlenmesinde de önemlidir. Kellik derecesi Norwood tarafından belirlenmiş bir skala ile değerlendirilir.

NORWOOD SKALASI

5- Hastanın beklentilerinin, gerçekçi olup olmadığı, elde edilecek sonucun başarısı açısından oldukça önemlidir. Çünkü gerçekçi olmayan beklentiler göz ardı edilerek saç ekimi gerçekleştirilirse, ekim yapılmış alanda hastanın ve cerrahın memnun kalmayacağı bir sonuç elde edilir. Başarılı bir sonuç elde etmek için, elimizdeki maksimum greft sayısının en doğru alana, en yoğun şekilde ekilmesi gerektiği unutulmamalıdır.

Lokal Anestezi

İleri Fue tekniği, lokal anestezi altında gerçekleştirildiğinden ve işlem sonrasında da FUE yöntemine göre -cerrahi bir kesik ve ciltte gerilim olmadığı için- ağrısız bir işlemdir.

İşlem öncelikle saç köklerinin alınması ile başladığından iki kulak arası bölgedeki saçlı derinin anestezik hale getirilmesi gerekir. Blok anestezi kullanılarak sadece gerekli noktalara anestezik madde verilerek, verici bölgenin sinir blokajı sağlanmış olur. Böylece köklerin alım süresi boyunca herhangi bir ağrı meydana gelmez.

Aynı zamanda lokal anestezik madde içine eklenen adrenalin hem bu bölgede kanama olmasını engeller hem de anestezik maddenin etkin süresini uzatır.

Aynı blok anestezi ve adrenalinli serum enjeksiyonu ekim yapılacak alan için de gerçekleştirilir. Adrenalinin damarları büzücü etkisi kanamanın ve buna bağlı aşırı kabuklanmanın olmasını engeller. Ayrıca deri altına verilen bu adrenalinli serum ekim yapılacak deri tabakasını derin tabakalardan uzaklaştırarak kanal açarken ve ekim yaparken cilt altı ince damar ağının zarar görmesini engeller.

Nitekim derinin daha derin tabakasına gevşek bağlarla tutunan kökler, özel bir mikropensetin dairesel-traksiyon hareketi ile rahatça dış ortama çıkarılabilir.

Saçlar, içerdikleri kök sayısına göre ayrılıp 40C de özel bir sıvı (kök hücre teknolojisinde kullanılan bir sıvı) içerinde saklanır, böylece canlılıkları 8 saate kadar tümüyle muhafaza edilmiş olur.

İleri Fue Tekniği

Ülkemizde bu teknik iğne ile ekim olarak da bilinir. Burada amaç; ekim yapılan alandaki deriye travma oluşturmadan istenilen açıda (ön saç çizgisinde yaklaşık 40 derecelik öne doğru açılanan bir ekim yapmak gerekir ) ve yoğun bir ekim gerçekleştirmektir.

Klasik saç ekimi tekniklerinde çeşitli çaplarda slit adı verilen keskin metal parçaları veya bisturi kullanarak dikey şekilde kanallar açılır ve kanal açma işlemi (bütün greftler için) bittikten sonra ekim başlar.

Klasik tekniğin bazı dezavantajları vardır
1- Deri altı damar ağının bu teknikle zarar görme olasılığı oldukça yüksektir.

2- İstenilen açıda ekim gerçekleştirilemediğinden bütün saç kökleri deriye dik açıda uzama gösterir ve bu görüntü hem seyrek bir görünümün ortaya çıkmasına hem de doğal neticeden uzak sonuçların elde edilmesine yol açar

3- Deride oluşturulan kesik şeklindeki travma kendini iz olarak belli edecektir.

Stick and plant tekniğinde ise deride ek bir kesik veya defekt oluşmadığından cm2 başına çok daha yüksek sayıda greft ekilebilir.

Açının doğru ayarlanması saçlar uzadığında doğal saçlarınızdan ayırt edilemeyecek sıklık ve yoğunluk elde edilir.

Operasyon Sonrası

Operasyonun hemen sonrasında ekim yapılan alanda küçük kabuklanmalar olacak, (İleri FUE tekniği sonrasında FUT tekniğindeki kadar yoğun bir kabuklanma olmamaktadır) ve bunlar 1 hafta içinde dökülecektir. Operasyon sonrasında ekim yapılan alandaki kabuklanmalar dökülünce canlı saç köklerinde kısa bir uzama gerçekleşecek ve gene FUE tekniğindeki kalın kanal açıcılarla oluşan kesik olmadığından, erken dönemde dahi kızarıklık ve iz oluşmayacaktır. Böylece erken dönemde, kısa uzama gösterseler de mevcut köklerin oluşturduğu görüntü hastada kendine güven ve mutluluk oluşturacaktır. Ancak gerçek ve kalıcı uzama 4. aydan sonra başlar. Erken dönemde, ince saç teli şeklinde olan uzama, 5-6. aylarda kıl çaplarının kalınlaşmasıyla arzu edilen görüntüye ulaşmış olur. Birinci yılın sonunda ise olgunlaşması tamamlanan saçlar, bir daha dökülmemek üzere kendi saçlarınızdan farksız olarak uzama gösterir.

Bu operasyonun süresi maksimum 10 gündür. Ancak bilgi formumuzu doldurarak, bize başınızın her açıdan çekilmiş bir fotoğrafını gönderirseniz, açıklığın büyüklüğü ile bağlantılı olarak değişen tedavi süresi ve fiyatlarla ilgili daha detaylı bilgi verebiliriz.

13Aug
Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

Türkiye’de estetik cerrahi anlamında her türlü isteğinize cevap alabileceğiniz hekimler ve klinikler bulunmaktadır. Hekimlerin tecrübeleri ve hastane konforu ayrıca fiyatların avantajları bu konuda Türkiye’yi cazibe merkezi yapmaya adaydır.

  • Meme büyütme
  • Meme küçültme
  • Yüz cerrahisi
  • Karın germe
  • Liposuction
  • Üst kol germe

 

Ameliyat öncesinde iyi bir anamnez vermeniz gerekiyor, ameliyat kararı verdikten sonra eğer sigara kullanıyorsanız üç ay sigara içmemelisiniz. Burada her türlü kan tetkikleriniz radyolojik checkup’larınız yapılacaktır doktorunuz ile yaptığınız görüşme sonrası size uygun olan tedavi seçilecektir. Ameliyatınızın tipine göre Türkiye’de kalış süreniz değişiklik gösterebilir.

12Aug
Laser Eye Surgery and Refractive Surgery

I. Introduction

Laser in-situ keratomileusis, or LASIK, the most commonly performed type of laser surgery, is generally a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of common vision problems. Specifically, LASIK involves the use of a laser to permanently change the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye. LASIK is a quick and often painless procedure, and for the majority of patients, the surgery improves vision and reduces the need for corrective eyewear. However, as LASIK is a surgical procedure conducted on a delicate part of the eye, it is crucial that potential candidates are well educated on the benefits and risks of the procedure, understand the importance of a thorough screening by their physician, and maintain realistic expectations about the procedure’s outcome.

The Ideal LASIK Candidate

The ideal candidate includes those who:

Are over 18 years of age and have had a stable glasses or contact lens prescription for at least two years.
• Have sufficient corneal thickness (the cornea is the trans-parent front part of the eye). A LASIK patient should have a cornea that is thick enough to allow the surgeon to safe-ly create a clean corneal flap of appropriate depth.
• Are affected by one of the common types of vision prob-lems or refractive error – myopia (nearsightedness), astig-matism (blurred vision caused by an irregular shaped cornea), hyperopia (farsightedness), or a combination thereof (e.g., myopia with astigmatism). Several lasers are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe and effective for use in LASIK, but the scope of each laser’s approved indication and treatment range is limited to specified degrees of refractive error.
• Do not suffer from any disease, vision-related or oth-erwise, that may reduce the effectiveness of the surgery or the patient’s ability to heal properly and quickly.
• Are adequately informed about the benefits and risks of the procedure. Candidates should thoroughly discuss the procedure with their physicians and understand that for most people, the goal of refractive surgery should be the reduction of dependency on glasses and contact lens-es, not their complete elimination.

Being ideal for LASIK surgery. In many cases, a surgeon may still be able to perform the procedure safely, given that the candidate and physician have adequately dis-cussed the benefits and risks, and set.

The Non-LASIK Candidate

Certain conditions and circumstances completely pre-clude individuals from being candidates for LASIK surgery. Non-candidates include individuals who:

Have diseases such as cataracts, advanced glaucoma, corneal diseases, corneal thinning disorders (keratoconus or pellucid marginal degeneration), or certain other pre-existing eye diseases that affect or threaten vision.
• Do not give informed consent. It is absolutely necessary that candidates adequately discuss the procedure and its benefits and risks with their surgeon, and provide the appropriate consent prior to undergoing the surgery.
• Have unrealistic expectations. It is critical for candidates to understand that laser eye surgery, as all surgical procedures, involves some risk. In addition, both the final outcome of surgery and the rate of healing vary from person to person and even from eye to eye in each individual.

III. Pre-LASIK Testing:

What Types of Screening Exams Should Patients Expect? Anyone considering LASIK should undergo a thorough examination by an eye care professional. The exam, and a follow-up consultation with the physician, can also identify ongoing health concerns that may affect the can-didate’s vision in the future, inform the candidate of poten-tial outcomes of LASIK, frame expectations for what the procedure can do, and inform the candidate of his or her vision health status. A list of preliminary or screening tests that should be performed routinely appears below. Additional testing, depending on preliminary findings and the special needs of the candidate, may also be appropriate. If, after an evaluation, a patient has questions about why a test was included or omitted, he/she should discuss the matter with the eye care professional in question. Certainly a patient can and should question why a test was omitted. The patient should be satisfied with the explanation before proceeding.

Assessment of Eye Health History

History of wearing glasses: It is important to determine if a candidate’s vision has stabilized or is changing. If it is unstable, LASIK may not be appropriate at this time. The ideal candidate is at least 18 years of age with a stable glasses or contact lens prescription for at least 2 years.
• History of contact lens wear: Contact lenses may change the shape of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) or act in such a way as to prevent the ophthalmologist from determining a candidate’s correct prescription. Most ophthalmologists require that soft contact lenses be dis-continued at least 3 days and rigid contact lenses 2 to 3 weeks prior to the evaluation. If concern arises about contact lens-induced changes in the cornea, it may be necessary for a candidate to stop wearing contacts for as long as several months to allow the cornea to return to its natural contour, so that a surgical evaluation can be made.
• History of ocular or systemic diseases and medications: Some eye diseases and medications can affect the suit-ability of a candidate for LASIK.
• History of previous ocular problems such as lazy eyes, strabismus (eye misalignment caused by muscle imbal-ance), or the need for special glasses to prevent double vision.
• History of previous eye injury.
• Assessing vocational and lifestyle needs: The LASIK can-didate’s work or recreational activities and needs can influence vision correction strategies. For example, dif-ferent strategies can affect depth perception and the abil-ity to see near or far.

A Comprehensive Examination of the Eye

Determination of uncorrected vision and vision as cor-rected by glasses or contacts.
• Determination of the magnitude of visual error in each eye to establish the amount of surgical correction that is needed and develop the appropriate surgical strategy.
• Assessment of the surface of the cornea by “mapping” its topography (corneal curvature or shape), to correlate its shape to errors in focusing (correlate corneal shape to refractive astigmatism), to find irregularities, if any, and to screen for disease states that may produce poor out-comes with LASIK.
• Measurement of pupil size in dim and room light. Pupil size is an important factor in counseling a candidate about night vision and planning the appropriate laser vision correction strategy.
• Assessment of motility to measure the ability of the muscles to align the eyes.
• Examination of the eyelids to see if they turn inward (possibly scratching the cornea) or outward and redirect tear flow away from the eye, and other conditions.
• Examination of the conjunctiva, the transparent mem-brane that covers the outer surface of the eye and lines the inner surface of the eyelids, to see whether there are irri-tations, redness, irregular blood vessels or other abnor-malities.
• Examination of the cornea to determine if there are any abnormalities that could affect the outcome of surgery. • Examination of the crystalline lens to determine if cloud-ing of the lens (cataract) or other abnormalities are present.
• Measurement of corneal thickness (pachymetry). The amount of LASIK correction may be determined in part by corneal thickness.
• Measurement of intraocular pressure to detect glauco-ma or pre-glaucomatous conditions. Glaucoma is a visu-al loss caused by damage to the optic nerve from excessively high pressures in the eye. It is a common cause of pre-ventable vision loss.
• Assessment of the back (posterior segment) of the eye: The dilated fundus exam is used to assess the health of the inside back surface of the eye (retina), with the pupil fully open. Examination of the retina, optic nerve, and blood vessels screens for a number of eye and systemic disorders.
• Follow-up should include review of examination results by an ophthalmologist, discussion with the candidate, additional testing as necessary, and adoption of a plan for managing the candidate’s eye-care needs.

 

IV. Realistic Expectations: Why Are They Central to Patient Satisfaction?

The overwhelming majority of patients who have had LASIK surgery are fully satisfied with their results – hav-ing experienced the significant benefits of improved vision. However, as with any medical or surgical proce-dure, for certain patients the outcome of the procedure may not seem “ideal” or meet all of his/her expectations. A small minority of patients may also experience com-plications. Therefore, it is crucial that LASIK surgery can-didates thoroughly discuss the procedure — its benefits, risks and probable outcomes — with their physician prior to undergoing the surgery. Each patient should be fully informed and feel comfortable that they are making an educated decision based upon facts. Candidates should be aware that:

• LASIK cannot provide perfect vision every time for every patient. However, for the majority of LASIK candidates, the surgery improves vision and reduces the need for cor-rective eyewear. In fact, the vast majority of patients with low to moderate nearsightedness achieve 20/40 vision or better, and many can expect to achieve 20/20 vision or better.
• Re-treatments (enhancements) may be required to achieve optimal outcomes. Fortunately, it is possible to repeat the laser treatment by lifting the flap, typically about three months after the original procedure. Even after enhancements, vision after LASIK may not be as good as it was with glasses or contact lenses before the pro-cedure. • There may be visual aberrations after LASIK—most com-monly, glare and halos under dim lighting conditions. Usually, these are not significant, and resolve within sev-eral months of surgery. Occasionally, they are severe enough to interfere with normal activities.
• Monovision is a technique in which one eye is correct-ed for distance vision and the other is left nearsighted to focus on near objects without glasses. Today, it is the only way that LASIK candidates older than about 45 years can avoid reading glasses. LASIK will not cure presbyopia, the aging changes that prevent older people from seeing near objects through the same glasses that they use for view-ing distant objects.
• LASIK surgery, as all surgical procedures, has the risk of complications. Fortunately, the likelihood of visual loss with LASIK is very small. In the many millions of LASIK procedures done so far, less than one percent of patients have experienced serious, vision threatening problems. Most complications represent delays in full recovery and resolve within several months of surgery. V. Initiating A Dialogue: What Should I Ask My Doctor? The decision to have LASIK should be an informed one, made in close consultation with an eye care profession-al. In order to understand whether LASIK is right for them, patients considering the procedure should ask the fol-lowing questions of their doctor:

• What type of testing will you do in order to determine whether I’m a candidate for LASIK?
• Has my glasses or contact lens prescription been con-sistent for at least two years?
• Does my nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism fall within the accepted levels established for surgery by the FDA?
• Are my corneas thick enough to perform LASIK surgery?
• Do I have cataracts, glaucoma or other corneal diseases?
• Are my corneas scarred?
• Do I have any diseases that would affect the outcome of the surgery or my ability to heal properly?
• Are there any other reasons why I may not be a candi-date for LASIK surgery?
• Am I at risk for complications?
• What can I expect during the procedure?
• What outcome can I expect from the surgery?

of laser eye surgery procedures.

The information provided in these patient guidelines is intended to provide educational information to eye care professionals and is not intended to establish a par-ticular standard of care, provide an exhaustive discus-sion of the subject of laser eye surgery, or serve as a substitute for the application of the individual physician’s medical judgment in the particular circumstances presented by each patient care situation.

Candidates and prospective candidates for laser eye surgery should likewise understand that the information provided in these guidelines is educational in nature and is not intended to serve as a substitute for medical advice. The decision whether to undergo laser eye surgery must be made by each individual based on the relevant facts and circumstances acting in consultation with a quali-fied eye care professional.

  • Myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism corrections are made by excimer laser.
  • Presbiopia is corrected by Multi-Zone technique in individuals whose age and eye structure are appropriate.
  • Special laser techniques are applied on cornea for correcting visual acuities .

Before the surgery, if you wear the contact lenses you don’t should wear your lenses for three weeks.

You need to stay here minimum 3 days maximum 5 days.

You don’t need to stay at hospital after the surgery.

After the surgery you can do what ever you want at the same day (surgery day).