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What Are Good Lasik Eye Surgery Alternatives?
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LASIK Alternatives
Glasses and contacts work well. Advanced Surface Ablation (ASA) is a form of laser treatment that can be used in place of LASIK for medical reasons or if the cornea is too thin or if other conditions preclude using LASIK. This procedure typically produces the same visual results that LASIK does, and uses the same wavefront guided excimer laser
For patients that may not qualify for LASIK of ASA, refractive lens exchanges can be an option. This is where the surgeon takes out the natural lens...
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Austin Ophthalmologist
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Alternatives to LASIK
LASIK is a great procedure which is used to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.
There are people in whom LASIK is not the best procedure due to the thinness of the outlayer of the eye, cornea, occupation or hobbies. For these people, PRK, or photorefractive keratectomy, might be a better alternative.
There are also other procedures, known as implantable collamer lens [ICL, Visian] or phakic intraocular lens [Verisyse], in which a lens is implanted inside the eye to treat...
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Alternatives to LASIK
There are other good options besides LASIK. The options are dependent upon your particular refractive error (glasses prescription) and other measurements of your particular eyes (shape and corneal thickness to name a few). While glasses and contacts are the most common, Advanced Surface Ablation (PRK) is the second most common laser vision correction procedure after LASIK. PRK is frequently performed on those who are deemed not great candidates for LASIK due to too...
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The nonsurgical alternatives to laser vision correction are the old standbys, glasses and contact lenses. These have the time tested plusses and minuses that we all know. What many people don't realize is that it has been shown quite well that there are more potential risks of infection and harm to the vision when one wears contact lenses than when one has Lasik!
The surgical alternatives to Lasik are PRK (Photorefractive keratectomy) and lens replacement. One of your...
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ASA
I stopped cutting LASIK flaps in 2005
Now only do noncutting ASAs or LASEK and epiLASEK
my incidence of better than 20/20 doubled after I went noncutting btw
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Glasses and contacts are the main alternatives to LASIK.
It's an obvious answer but glasses and contacts are the main alternatives to LASIK. Orthokeratology doesn't really work well. Lens replacement surgery involves additional risks but it is an option for some patients.
Vancouver Ophthalmologist
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LVC alternatives
There are several good laser vision correction alternatives to LASIK. Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is the most popular alternative to LASIK. LASEK and Epi-LASIK are other alternatives. Unlike LASIK, PRK, LASEK and Epi-LASIK (cummulatively known as Advanced Surface Ablation or ASA) do not require any cuts or flaps to be made within the cornea. For people who are very highly nearsighted and who are not good candidates for LASIK or ASA, implantable contact lenses or phakic IOL's...
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New York Ophthalmologist
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How about PRK?
Certainly, there are glasses and contact lenses. Surgically, I regularly perform PRK on patients who are not good candidates for LASIK or who prefer the slightly improved safety of PRK over LASIK. Whether you're nearsighted, farsighted, or have an astigmatism, PRK may work beautifully for you. If you're very nearsighted, you may consider the Visian ICL. It's an implantable contact lens that is placed behind your cornea and is geared toward patients who are a -6.00D all the...
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LASIK alternatives medical and surgical
There are nonsurgical alternatives -- glasses and contacts.
There are surgical alternatives- PRK (surface laser treatment) and ICL (lens inside the eye) and in some cases refractive lens exchange (a type of cataract surgery)
You should discuss with your doctor which is the best alternative for you.
Denver Ophthalmologist
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Alternatives to LASIK
There are surgical and nonsurgical alternatives. Nonsurgical would include glasses, and contact lenses. There are many types of contacts: soft, toric, gas permeable, bifocal.
Surgical alternatives include surface ablation (also known as PRK, LASEK, or epi-LASIK), the ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens), RLE (Refractive Lens Exchange), Intacs, and CK (Conductive Keratoplasty).
San Jose Ophthalmologist
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