Before you have cataract surgery, your cataract surgeon should give you a detailed sheet of how to care for your eyes after the procedure. It’s good to digest this information before the surgery takes place, because you will be stressed and it may be very hard to concentrate and remember new details.
Also, contact a trusted [...]
If you are considering having LASIK surgery, the more information that you have at your disposal, the better informed you will be. This will allow you to make an educated decision as to whether you have chosen the right doctor.
Below you will find a list of questions that you can ask your doctor. If the [...]
The lenses which are used to replace the lenses that are removed during cataract surgery are called Intraocular Lenses (IOL’s). These IOL’s are used to correct vision deficiencies, namely presbyopia, nearsightedness, and farsightedness.
There are two kinds of intraocular lenses:
Foldable. These lenses are implanted using a small incision, the surgeon places the IOL inside the eye, [...]
When normal LASIK eye surgery is performed, a mechanical device known as a microkeratome is used to create the flap in the cornea. This flap is then lifted, allowing the laser vision correction to be performed.
When your surgeon performs bladeless LASIK (all-laser vision correction), this flap is not created. Rather than use a mechanical blade [...]
LASIK (laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis) is a surgical procedure which corrects your vision, allowing you to live life without the need for glasses or contact lenses. LASIK Surgery changes the way that the cornea refracts light, enabling it to focus more accurately on the retina, resulting in clearer, sharper vision.
After being given a light anesthetic, [...]
Intralase is the blade free alternative to normal (microkeratome) LASIK surgery. Intralase uses a laser to create the corneal flap required for LASIK surgery, rather than a blade.
Using rapid pulses of laser light, Intralase creates the flap in the eye by moving the laser over the eye in a back-and-forth-motion, creating tiny bubbles at a [...]
If you are considering undergoing LASIK Surgery to correct your poor eyesight, You may have some questions which need answering.
Below are a list of the six most common questions we come across at the Kelowna Laser Vision LASIK Surgery Clinic:
Am I a candidate for LASIK surgery? An examination by the doctor will determine whether you [...]
