Optimax offers a choice
of laser eye treatment 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 laser
eye treatment will be determined at your
consultation
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) 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 IntraLase Laser Eye Surgery
The
IntraLase laser is the safest way to create the
LASIK flap.
Wavefront and
IntraLase treatment can be combined which creates the Gold Standard
for Laser Eye Surgery: 'All Laser' LASIK or IntraLASIK.
Bilateral Treatment
Most people choose bilateral
treatment (both eyes treated together) for reasons of convenience.
Some consider it safer to wait until the outcome of the first eye
is known before treating the second.
*Bilateral
treatment can be performed on Laser Eye Surgery patients
only.
Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL) and Refractive Lens Exchange
(RLE) Treatments
ICL
treatment was established in 1997. It surgically places a
lens inside the eye either just behind the iris or
between the cornea and the iris. 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. People with high glaucoma, recurrent eye
infections and other eye diseases may not be suitable.
Lens implants are unsuitable for
people aged 50 years and over or anyone developing Cataracts. Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE)
may be a preferable option for those nearer the age of Cataract
formation. It involves replacing the eye's natural lens with an
artisan lens of the correct power for
the elimination of glasses.