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What Are the Long Term Side Effects of a PRK Eye Operation?
asked 1 year ago by anon
Latest answer by Mark Golden, MD
Question viewed 689 times
Tags: side effects
2 answers to What Are the Long Term Side Effects of a PRK Eye Operation?
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The Long Term Side Effects of PRK
I feel I can address this question very well, since I had PRK on both of my eyes in 1994! My prescription was about a -5.00, so on the moderate scale of things, though the laser systems in place at that time were pretty rudimentary compared to today. I can say nothing but positive things about my PRK surgical experience, as well as my long term results. I have had no regression of effect of PRK, though we did see that in a small group of patients with the early lasers. Regression using the...
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PRK is great even over the long term
The first laser procedures done were PRK and even those early patients are doing well today. The risk from PRK is lower than with LASIK for a variety of reasons including no potential flap problems and less intrusion in to the eye with the laser decreasing the chance for long-term ectasia.
Mark Golden, MD
Chicago Ophthalmologist
Chicago Ophthalmologist