Cirugía refractiva para mejorar la calidad de vida
Written by:Refractive surgery is the most advanced and effective treatment for myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism. As Dr explains. Vicente Rodríguez Hernández, Co-Medical Director of the Eurocanarias Ophthalmology Clinic and pioneer in the application of the Excimer laser in refractive surgery in the Canary Islands, 95% of refractive errors can be operated.
At the Eurocanarias Oftalmológica Clinic we have all the surgical techniques to minimize these refractive defects of the eye. Among them we have the LASIK technique, Femtolasik and PRK.
We also have Presbylasik, a technique to correct tired eyesight that is very similar to Femtolasik, which is used for the correction of refractive errors.
The advantage of Presbylasik is that, in addition to solving presbyopia, it allows to correct the refractive defects of the patient. In this way we manage to leave the patient completely emmetropic and without the need to use glasses.
Laser refractive surgery is painless and the patient returns home the same day of the operation. The recovery is very fast and many patients feel an improvement in vision from the immediate moment of leaving the operating room.
Eurocanarias Ophthalmologic has all the surgical techniques to address both presbyopia and refractive errors. To decide which is the most appropriate technique for each patient, specialists in Ophthalmology will carry out a complete preoperative study in order to guarantee the best results.
After the operation, more than 95% of patients achieve a vision without defects. Only in 3% of cases can a small refractive defect remain, operable in about six months after the first intervention (hypocorrection).
