What is Wavefront Laser?
Wavefront Laser, many patients with refractive errors have clear vision with their glasses and contact lenses, but they need the clearest possible vision without glasses because of their job and career. People may want to get rid of their contact lenses or glasses and live without glasses.
The Excimer laser is the type of laser device used to treat refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism). It has been used since the early 1980s. Excimer Laser reshapes the cornea by shaving off the corneal tissue.
Regardless of the technique used, a detailed eye and retinal examination should be performed prior to excimer laser treatment. Corneal topographies (maps) and corneal thickness should be examined. To apply the Excimer laser treatment, the person must generally be over the age of 18 and must not have any other eye disease that would prevent the procedure. There is no upper age limit as long as there are no cataracts or onset of cataracts.
Another important thing to know is that the lenses or degrees of the lenses have not changed more than 0.50 degrees in the last 6 months or 1 year. -10 diopters as myopia, -5 diopters as astigmatism and +4 diopters as hypermetropia can be easily treated.
In order not to affect the results of the eye examination in patients using contact lenses, soft lenses should be used for at least 1 week; Hard or semi-rigid lenses should be removed at least 4 weeks ago.
Excimer laser treatment is painless and takes about 10 minutes.
After the laser, there may be an itchy, stinging and watery feeling in the eyes for some time. After a short rest, you can go home. The eyes are not closed. It is normal to have a slight blurring of vision immediately after surgery. You may be able to get to work the next day. The eye should not be rubbed for a week. In most patients, vision improves within the same day.
Excimer laser treatment can be applied to the eye using different techniques. PRK, TransPRK, Lasik, Femto-lasik, Wavefront-lasik, PresbyMAX are some of them. Your doctor will decide which method is best for you after detailed eye exams and tests.
Lasik is the most commonly used excimer laser treatment method. During this process, a thin layer is removed from the front part of the cornea using a device called a microkeratome, and a laser is applied to the underlying tissue. The applied laser corrects the number by bringing the cornea to the desired shape. The deleted layer automatically pastes in its place when the process is complete. The duration of the procedure is 10 minutes for both eyes.
What is the wavefront laser technique (Lasik) (eagle eye)?
Although nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism in some eyes is corrected with glasses, the patient still cannot see completely and comfortably. The only problem in these eyes is not just a refractive error such as myopia or astigmatism, but an optical irregularity in the eye called "aberration". Aberrations particularly affect a person's night vision and prevent full vision. In this case, the patient must correct his aberrations as well as his refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism). In the technique known as Wavefront or “eagle eye” among people, the light scattering and aberrations in the eye are measured with an advanced method and the laser treatment is adjusted accordingly. Such deviations cannot be corrected with glasses or even wavefront of the lens on a technique in düzeltig the person gets to their eye structure an appropriate treatment. With this method, the visual acuity reaches the highest level and the night vision probes remain at the lowest level. However, the doctor can decide which eye is appropriate to treat with the wavefront technique following the examinations.
Wavefront Laser Lasik Monovision treatment is a laser treatment method that provides both distance and near (reading) distance of the person without glasses while both eyes look together. In this treatment, one eye (dominant eye) is adjusted to see far away and the other eye (non-dominant eye) to see well up close. With both eyes open, the patient can see both distance and near without glasses without any discomfort.