Types of Eye Surgery

Eye surgery can help you improve your vision and reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses. Several types of surgery can be performed to correct vision problems such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. These treatments can be performed as a single procedure or in combination to provide you with the best possible outcome.

Refractive Lens Exchange: This surgery replaces your natural lens with an artificial intraocular lens that is designed to refocus light at different distances and reduce the need for reading or bifocal glasses. It also helps prevent the development of cataracts, which are cloudy deposits in the eye that can cause poor vision.

In this procedure, a special type of intraocular lens called an accommodating-focus monofocal or fixed-focus monofocal is used to correct your refractive error. This lens has a single focus strength for reading, but it also responds to changes in the eyes’ focusing muscles and shifts its focus from close to far distances.

Laser-Assisted Sub-Epithelial Keratomileusis: This procedure is similar to PRK but instead of removing the corneal epithelium, the surgeon separates it from the underlying stroma. This tissue is then reshaped with a laser to reshape the cornea to reduce your refractive errors and reduce your dependence on glasses or contact lenses.

Cataract: This is the most common surgical procedure performed to treat age-related deterioration of vision, causing blurred or clouded vision. It involves a small incision in your Eye surgery BC and a removal of the opacifying deposits (called cataract) that are responsible for blurring or clouding your vision. A cataract can cause severe vision loss, and it can even lead to blindness if not treated early.

Phakic Intraocular Lens: If you have very high myopia, a surgeon may suggest this procedure to help restore your near vision. This surgery replaces your natural crystalline lens with an IOL, which is an implant made of clear plastic that is designed to refocus light at various distances and reduce your need for glasses or contacts.

Retina Surgery: If you have damaged or detached retina, a doctor can use one of several retina surgeries to repair it. Some of these procedures include cryopexy, photocoagulation, and scleral buckle surgery.

The recovery from this procedure is typically more difficult than LASIK and requires patience on the part of patients. However, with a little effort and support from friends and family, most people recover to a good level of vision and can resume normal activities after about a month.

SMILE: This is a newer laser-based technique that is blade-free and uses only one laser to reshape your cornea. A femtosecond laser is used to create a lens-shaped disc of tissue within the cornea, called a lenticule.

Your surgeon will remove the lenticule through a small incision in the cornea and reshape the rest of the cornea, reducing your refractive error. This technique can be helpful for patients who do not qualify for LASIK or PRK and do not want to undergo another surgery.