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What Type of Laser Eye Surgery Is Right For You?

WHAT TYPE OF LASER EYE SURGERY IS RIGHT FOR LOOK AT YOU? LASIK AND OTHER LASER EYE SURGERY OPTIONS Quick Facts: Vision in America AMERICANS OVER 40 TOZ LPED PECTD 3.6 MILLION 150 MILLION vision worse legally blind than 20/40 32 MILLION 12 MILLION nearsighted farsighted Vision correction 200 150 F 150 MILLION 100 F wear corrective eyewear 50 E 38 MILLION wear contact lenses Quick Facts: LASIK 92.3% of surgeries for nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism use LASIK 2 million LASIK procedures worldwide per year 700,000 in the U.S. PROCEDURE High-Definition LASIK with ZyoptixTM DESCRIPTION CANDIDACY Custom LASIK with • 21+ Wavefront technology • Glasses or contacts cause comfort or • 94.6% 20/20 vision functionality problems • APT software • Poor night vision or • 100HZ lasers high order aberrations • 98% patients very • Thin corneas satisfied with results • 1+ years stable vision • 3-5 minutes • Next-day recovery PROCEDURE PRK by Advanced Surface Ablation DESCRIPTION CANDIDACY Laser refractive surgery • 18+ • First laser surgery approved • 1+ years stable vision by FDA • -1 to -12 diopters of myopia • Reshapes cornea Higher myopic correction • 5-10% removed than LASIK surgery • Glasses or contacts • No flap created like in cause comfort or LASIK procedure functionality problems • Under 5 minutes • Willing to accept longer recovery period than standard lasik. Considered safer by US military than standard lasik. Also used by pilots. PROCEDURE Epi-LASIK DESCRIPTION CANDIDACY Bladeless LASIK surgery • 18+ • Flap is made 30 microns • Glasses or contacts thick without a blade cause cornfort or functionality problems • Previously flaps were 130-160 microns • 1+ years stable vision Healthy eyes with no corneal diseases or autoimmune disorders Infographic Provided By: ELLIS EYE LASER MEDICAL CENTER www.elliseyeandlasercenter.com Sources: http://www.aao.org/newsroom/press_kit/upload/ Eye-Health-Statistics-June-2009.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_kera tectomy#PRK_eligibility

What Type of Laser Eye Surgery Is Right For You?

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150 million people wear corrective eyewear. 38 million people wear contact lenses. LASIK procedures have been used to fix nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Find out if you are a good c...

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