Optimax offers a choice of vision correction procedures to best suit your
needs and personal preferences. The prescription and
treatment table below offers an approximate guide to
suitability:
|
Treatment
|
Prescription
|
Procedure
|
Recovery
|
Results
|
Ave Discharge Period |
|
LASEK
|
Sphere:
-0.5 to -3
Cylinder
+/-0.5 to +/-2
|
Surfaced-based
|
5 days
Some discomfort
pain
|
1-4wks
|
2 months |
|
LASEK Wavefront
|
Sphere:
-0.5 to -3
Cylinder
+/-0.5 to +/-2
|
Surfaced-based
|
3-5 days
Some discomfort
pain
|
1-4wks
|
2 months |
|
LASIK
|
Sphere:
-0.5 to -10
+1 to +4
|
Surgical
Painfree
|
1-2 Days
|
24 hours |
3 months |
|
LASIK Wavefront
|
Sphere:
-0.5 to -10
+1 to +4
Cylinder
+/-0.5 to +/-4
|
|
1-2 Days
Minimum
discomfort
|
1-2 days |
3 months |
|
Femtosecond LASIK
|
Sphere:
-0.5 to -10
+1 to +4
Cylinder
+/-0.5 to +/-4
|
Surgical
Painfree
|
1-2 Days
Minimum
discomfort
|
1-2 days |
3 months
|
|
Implantable Contact Lenses(ICL)
|
Sphere:
-23 to +12
Cylinder
+/-2.5 to +/-7
|
|
1-2 Days
Minimum discomfort
|
1-4wks
|
3 months |
LASIK is limited
by thin corneas and large pupils
LASEK is available up to -3
dioptres
Suitablilty for treatment will be
determined at your consultation
ICL includes Clear Lens
Extraction (CLE), Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) and
Prelex
Lasers treat the need for
distance vision only. If you wear glasses for both distance and
close vision, the distant vision can be treated but you
will still need glasses for close vision. The continuing
need for reading glasses is not due to long or short sight, but the
stiffening of the eye muscles that usually occurs after middle
age. As with all normal-sighted people, patients will still
need reading glasses from about 45 years of age unless monovision
or Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE)/Clear Lens Exchange
(CLE) or Prelex is chosen.
LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
LASIK is a combined
surgical and laser procedure. A thin flap is cut on the surface of
the eye (cornea) and the exposed tissue is lasered before replacing
the flap. This procedure was established in 1994 and is suitable
for mild to severe short sight, mild long sight and
astigmatism.
LASEK Laser Eye Surgery
LASEK is a combination of PRK
(est
1988) and Epiflap (est 1997). The
surface of the eye is lasered (cornea) without the need of surgery
to the eye. This procedure is suitable for mild to moderate short
sight and astigmatism.
LASIK Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery
Wavefront offers customised analysis and
treatment. A unique map is obtained of each eye and togerther
with other tests we taylor the treatment accordingly. Wavefront
analysis is performed as part of your consultation.
LASIK Femtosecond Laser Eye Surgery
The
Femtosecond laser is the safest way to create
the LASIK flap. Wavefront and Femtosecond treatment can be
combined which creates the Gold Standard for Laser Eye Surgery:
'All Laser' LASIK or IntraLASIK.
Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL,CLE,
RLE, Prelex)
ICL treatment was
established in 1997 and surgically places a lens inside the eye
just behind the cornea. It is suitable for very severe
short sight, long sight and astigmatism. With the ICL procedure, we
are able to treat patients with prescriptions up to -23d or +12d
with +/- 7d of astigmatism. The treatment is also available for
patients who are unsuitable for laser treatment due to corneal
thickness or after cataract removal. People with high glaucoma,
recurrent eye infections and other eye diseases may not be
suitable.
Lens implants are unsuitable for
people aged 60 years and over or anyone developing Cataracts. Clear
Lens Exchange (CLE) may be a preferable option for those nearer the
age of Cataract formation. It involves replacing the eye's natural
lens with an articial lens of the correct power for the elimination
of glasses.
Bilateral Treatment
Treating both eyes on the
same day (bilateral) is still controversial. Some consider it safer
to wait until the outcome of the first eye is known. However, most
people choose bilateral treatment for reasons of convenience. You
should discuss this option with the Optimax eye doctor during your
consultation.
LASIK - bilateral
treatment is offered up to -10.00 dioptres
LASEK-
bilateral treatment is offered up to -3.00 dioptres
ICL - not offered bilaterally
(minimum of one week between eyes)
Cataract -
not offered bilaterally (minimum of one week between
eyes)