Laser Eye Surgery Risks Are Quite Low
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Health & Fitness > Medicine
Nov 30, 1999
Laser Eye Surgery Risks Are Quite Low
There are reports emanating from consumer experts that suggest that patients who undergo laser eye surgery are not being informed about the risks that accompany such treatment methods. In spite of this, laser surgery continues to rise in popularity and an associated risk with laser surgery is that the doctor performing the surgery may begin operating after just a few days of training and does not require any specialized courses or degrees. Since the laser eye surgery procedure is perceived by patients as being simple and quick and has also received many celebrity endorsements it is quite popular in spite of the accompanying eye surgery risks that may not fully be taken into account when making a decision on the type of treatment required. Low to Negligible Risks There are different perceptions about laser surgery risks and these vacillate between non-existent to relatively low risk. There are however, in some rare cases, the risks of complications arising which may lead to corneal ectasia in which fluid pressure mounts in the eye and patients may require a corneal transplant to rectify the situation. A serious laser eye surgery risk, indeed! Minor laser surgery risks include dry eyes or problems related to night vision that may result in not being able to drive or work in the evening or even in low lighted conditions. A major cause for concern in laser eye surgery risks is that the use of such surgeries have not been known for very long and so there are not adequate studies that can help define what the attendant laser surgery risks really may be. As with any surgical procedure, patients should be told that there is bound to be some amount of risk associated with laser eye surgery as well. Laser eye surgery very often may cause the patient to feel a certain amount of discomfort and also have blurry vision for the first couple of days following surgery. However, these eye surgery risks are generally not serious problems. Common laser surgery risks include lasik and damage to the corneal flap, PRK and infection, under-correction, problems with night vision, no improvement in condition after the surgery as well as long term complications. In the case of lasik, the laser surgery risk is very slight and is as low as one in five hundred who might need to have their corneal flap to be cut off or it may become damaged as a result of the surgery. In approximately six percent of patients the surgery may result in under-corrected vision and the operation may need to be performed again. It has also been noted that as few as four to as high as 30 percent of patients may still have problems with night vision.
For more information about laser eye surgery risks go to http://www.lasik-basics.com/ or http://lasik-vision-correction.blogspot.com/
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