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As with any surgical procedure, there are risks and side-effects that may occur during or after LASIK or PRK laser eye surgery.
» VIEW RISKS + SIDE EFFECTSWhat to Expect: Pre-Operative Consultation
Your candidacy for laser vision correction requires an assessment at an ophthalmic or optometric clinic by qualified personnel. It entails multiple steps, but can usually be done in 45 - 60 minutes. The basic steps include reviewing your ocular and medical history, a full eye exam usually with eye drops (for pupil dilation), reviewing types of vision correction and potential benefits and risks with each of them, and finally corneal mapping with various technology: Pentacam and Atlas topographers and a Wavefront Aberrometer.
During your initial consultation to determine if you are a laser surgery candidate, the examiner will have viewed several maps of your corneal including topography and wavefront. Reviewing both your clinical data and mapping will allow the surgeon to decide if you are a candidate for custom laser eye surgery including LASIK or PRK.
Expectations
Surveys indicate a high satisfaction rate after refractive laser surgery. Dissatisfaction though infrequent is usually associated with either unrealized expectations or with known risks. It is mandatory to not oversell the technology and fully apprise the patient of their realistic individual success parameters and potential complications with surgery.
At BoydVision a great deal of time is spent preoperatively in discussion with the patient. This is to make sure the patient fully understands their surgery, and has the opportunity to answer all their questions before proceeding to the next stage.
