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Preparing for Eye Surgery |
By Jill Brennan
 It is hard to imagine someone who has decided to undertake Lasik Eye surgery not being nervous beforehand about the procedure. But you can allay your fears by following the advice from your ophthalmologist about preparing for eye surgery. This way you have more chance that it will be fast and as painless as possible. LASIK eye surgery isn't a lengthy operation and is usually carried out in a doctor's consulting rooms or a day surgery facility. However, the speed of the procedure is no indication of the amount of preparation you need to do to be completely ready.
One of the most important things is to make sure that you have care organized for the period after the procedure. This includes how you will make your way home following the procedure as well as arranging for someone to be with you for 2-3 days after.
On the day make sure that you don't wear any make-up and better still don't wear it for 24 hours before. Unseen grit from make-up can drop into your eyes and |
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Types of Corrective Laser Eye Surgery |
By Dennis Tavies
 With the growing popularity of Corrective laser eye surgery in the last couple of years, so grows its use on a large scale in ophthalmology to treat various eye conditions. It is being used to treat diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, presbyopia and diabetic retinopathy.
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a condition where a higher intraocular pressure causes harm to the optic nerve. Types of corrective laser surgery used to lower this pressure and treat glaucoma include:
Trabeculoplasty Tissue from the eye structure that determines the flow of fluid (trabecular meshwork) is ablated with the use of a laser. This procedure causes an increased outflow from the eye and is used for patients suffering from open-angle glaucoma.
Iridotomy The tissue from the iris is ablated using a laser. This type of corrective laser eye surgery is used to treat closed-angle glaucoma.
Cyclophotocoagulation The ciliary tissue is ablated using a laser. This is used to treat patients who have not respond to other surgical procedures.
Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration involves an abnormal growth of blood vessels that causes |
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