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eLearning Series:
Lasik Eye Surgery Questions & Answers
( 50 articles
in this series )
How
To Research Lasik
Before Going to the Doctor
LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis) is very popular combined
surgical and laser procedure that has helped millions of
people around the world regain all or most of their failed
vision. Basic Lasik is used mainly to correct myopia (shortsightedness)
and hyperopia (farsightedness) while the advanced Lasik procedure
known as Custom Lasik is able to correct far more vision
problems and, because of the advanced “wavefront” technology
it uses, leave behind far fewer complications. There
is concern among many medical professionals that people are
'jumping
on the Lasik bandwagon,' putting their vision on the line
and, in some cases, going far into financial debt without
fully understanding the Lasik procedures; the safety of the
procedures, i.e., the possibility of post-surgical complications;
the full cost of Lasik; or that some of the advertising claims
they are bombarded with on a daily basis may be less than
true.
If you visit
the following seven Internet sites and spend
some time comprehending the information provided there you
will have departed the ranks of the uneducated potential-Lasik
patient and earned the happier title of educated consumer.
These pages can help you make a decision that may in one way
or another, change your life.
All
About Vision at http://www.allaboutvision.com/ is perhaps
the most complete vision site on the Internet. This site provides
information on all aspects of vision correction from glasses
to contacts to the most advanced Lasik procedures and provides
detailed information about vision problems that require correction.
All Lasik procedures are discussed in depth and they provide
a two-minute screening test you can take to determine if you
are a good candidate for Lasik. The test generates a personalized
report. The site accepts advertising so you will see ads for
many vision products and even a section that offers coupons
on vision care and vision related products but the meat of
the site, the information, is not product specific.
AboutLasikEyeSurgery.com at http://www.aboutlasikeyesurgery.com/ specializes in information about Lasik procedures: providing
cost information and describing the pre-op evaluation, the
surgery procedures and the post-op care.
ComplicatedEyes.org at: http://www.complicatedeyes.org/ came
into existence specifically to address the needs of patients
with LASIK complications and to provide doctors with an additional
source for information on Lasik complications. The organization
that created ComplicatedEyes.org is the Council for Refractive
Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA); you're sure to find the
research and detailed information on Lasik complications on
this site informative.
The
Vision Correction Website at http://www.lasersite.com/ provides elegantly simple, illustrated explanations of: how
the eye works; the anatomy of the eye; how Lasik is performed
and what equipment used, the Intacs procedure, the PRK procedure
and the Radial Keratotomy (RK) procedure.
The
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has a search function
where you can search for a qualified, certified AAO member
in your area. The AAO's “Find an Ophthalmologist” (Find an
Eye M.D.) page is at http://www.aao.org/aao/find_eyemd.cfm.
Enter your city, select your State and Country in those selection
boxes on the page and then select “Refractive Surgery” in the
“Specialty” selection box; leave the “Last Name” box blank.
After a disclaimer page where you must “Accept” the disclaimer
you will be shown a list of qualified Refractive surgeons in
your city. Note that the AAO members with the designation FACS
after their names are also “Fellows” (members) of the American
College of Surgeons. These are Refractive Surgeons who were
required to pass a thorough evaluation in the areas of education,
training, qualifications, competence and conduct before being
allowed to display the FACS designation.
Wikipedia's
Main Lasik page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasik provides a good history of Lasik along with an explanation
of the surgical procedure, information about the possible complications
and the safety of the procedure. They also provide you with
some external links and other information related to Lasik.
WebMD, possibly the most used pages on the Internet for health
information, does not sell you short when it comes to Lasik.
At the WebMD home page (http://www.webmd.com/) there is a search
function; enter “refractive surgery” in the search box to find
what seems like an endless supply of authoritative medical
articles on refractive surgery (Lasik).
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