Several ways. First, contact our patient care coordinator at our contact us page or at 1-585-244-1000 for any specific questions. If she can't answer them, she will gladly forward them to the appropriate physician or staff member. We also have several patients who have had a laser surgery who are willing to discuss their experience.

Some surgeons use a micro laser to assist in the reconnection of the vas. Early in his reversal experience, Dr. Finnerty performed some reversals using this technique. In the laser technique, several sutures are placed to approximate the ends of the vas. A laser is then used to “spot-weld” the vas together, sealing only the outer layer. The laser cannot be used to align the inner layer of the vas. The problem with this approach is the poor alignment of the inner lumen of the vas.

Laser surgery for macular degeneration is an office procedure, performed under local anesthesia. The patient is sat in a comfortable chair opposite the laser machine. The eye is anesthetized with eye drops. A special contact lens covered with a thick gel is placed over the surface of the eye. Laser beam is directed through the contact lens to the retina and the CNV. The laser beam consists of about 100 bright flashes of light, each lasting between one tenth to one half of a second.

Frequently laser surgery may have to be repeated provided the CNV does not become subfoveal with significant amount of bleeding. This is particularly the case if the CNV persists or occurs in a new location.

Laser surgery consists of bright flashes of light. Although it is not usually painful, it can cause discomfort and a burning sensation behind the eye. There may be slight aching in the eye for about a day, but this is usually easily controlled with simple pain medications.

Side effects of laser surgery include discomfort during the procedure, development of a small paracentral blind spot, and loss of central vision if the fovea is burned.

Laser surgery is performed in your eye care professional's office or eye clinic. Before the surgery, he or she will: apply drops to numb the eye. In some cases, he or she also may numb the area behind the eye to prevent any discomfort. The lights in the office will be dim. As you sit facing the laser machine, your eye care professional will hold a special lens to your eye. You may see flashes of light.

This procedure uses a laser beam to destroy new blood vessels. The patient sits at a slit lamp (a machine similar to the kind used to examine the eye), and a contact lens is placed on the eye's surface. A laser beam is then focused on the new blood vessel and it is cauterized. Because the new blood vessel is deep in the retinal tissue and the laser has to move through the overlying retina to reach it, some of the retinal tissue will be damaged by this procedure.

Most of the patients as well as doctors confuse laser therapy with laser surgery. Both of them are branches of laser medicine. However, laser therapy is entirely different than laser surgery. It encompasses scientific use of healing properties of different laser beams in various diseases to enhance health and beauty.

No, cataract surgery is not done by laser, however YAG lasers are used in a later procedure to create a clear opening in the lens-containing membrane, if the membrane becomes cloudy in the months following the original cataract removal. Some eye care professionals also use a laser to break up the cloudy lens before removing it.

Yes, there are several national seminars offered on a monthly basis by Erchonia Medical Lasers. These seminars usually offer CE credits and are taught by health professionals that are proficient in Low Level Laser Therapy. To view a list of seminars, click here. The Erchonia Variable Percussor device is a hand-held mechanical adjustment device that is supplied complete - with NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

Although pain is very subjective, laser surgery tends to be less painful in most cases than conventional surgery.

Laser surgery is not a covered benefit. VisionGuard provides access to a network of laser surgery centers where employees and their dependents can obtain vision laser surgery at a discounted fee. The average savings is 20 to 25% off of the center's usual price, or 5% off of the center's best promotional price, whichever is a better deal.

After the surgery, you will probably experience some swelling and skin redness for several days. Antibiotic ointments may be used during the healing process. It is important for the patient to follow all the post-operative directions of the surgeon, particularly in using sunblock and avoiding sun exposure.

The laser used for wrinkle removal is a highly sophisticated instrument which allows the physician to control the exfoliation process, by safely removing thin layers of skin.

They are usually reserved for more severe cases. Future therapies will continue to focus on prevention, both modifying genetic risk factors and developing new drugs aimed at protecting the optic nerve from the damaging effects of high eye pressure.

Few weeks after laser treatment a follow up examination that includes fluorescein angiography (FA) will be performed. If the FA shows that all of the CNV has been destroyed, then the treatment is considered successful. If there is residual or additional CNV then more laser treatment may be needed.

There is no clear-cut answer for this question. People often tell PXE International that they used laser for their first eye, it held for a while, and then they progressively lost vision and decided not to laser the second eye. Many claim the second eye retained more sight. PXE International has no scientific comparisons or analysis, only anecdotal experience. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is being used more frequently, but it has never been studied formally in PXE.

Individuals with PXE who received traditional laser surgery or PDT expressed a few types of misgivings: They feel if they had done nothing – had decided against surgery – then they may have lost less vision. They believe the surgeries caused them to lose more vision or become blind sooner. People consistently feel that they would have retained more vision with no treatment, but there is no scientific study corroborating this.

Many patients with nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism want to be free of the limitations of corrective lenses. Many patients enjoy swimming, diving, skiing and other athletic endeavors where wearing glasses or contacts is inconvenient or impossible. Some patients elect to have laser surgery for occupational reasons, while others feel visually and socially limited in their every day activities.

This type of surgery is performed in an eye doctor's office or a clinic. Before the procedure, eye drops are instilled to freeze the eye. A small contact lens is placed on the eye to help focus the laser energy. The laser energy is delivered in a series of applications that appear as very bright lights to the patient. The procedure is generally painless. Afterwards, patients are free to go home and resume their regular activities.

Thermal laser surgery causes a permanent scar on the retina. Following this treatment, all patients are left with a permanent blind spot. Laser surgery can reduce vision in some cases. Additionally, the risk of developing a recurrent blood vessel is high following laser surgery, and repeated applications of the laser may be necessary.

No. A laser cannot be used to remove a cataract. The laser is often confused with an instrument called a phacoemulsifier, which uses high frequency sound waves to gently dissolve the cataract during surgical removal. A laser is often used after surgery to improve vision if the clear capsular membrane purposefully retained during cataract removal becomes cloudy.

Contact Ocala Eye for more information on laser vision correction. Our Ocala, Florida area offices can send you literature about the procedure. You may also visit us during one of our free seminars or schedule a free screening and consultation with one of our surgeons. If you are a potential candidate and would like to proceed, we will have you return for a more formal, complete eye examination.

Facial plastic surgeons use lasers on a routine basis. They use the laser as a "light scalpel." The tissue is left sterile and bleeding is greatly reduced. As in the example above, when the laser is used to treat port-wine stains, no cuts are made. The laser energy penetrates through the skin to shrink the abnormal blood vessels that are the cause of these marks. In this application the laser surgery can be performed without a traditional incision.