What are the risks of refractive surgical procedures?
The risks of any refractive surgical procedure include infection, loss of best vision, over correction, and under correction. There are other risks that should be discussed individually with your doctor. The overall complication rate for PRK and LASIK is about the same for each of the different procedures in the hands of a skilled laser eye surgeon. While the risks are different with each procedure, their incidence is roughly equal. See Minimizing LASIK Complications, featured in “Ranch & Cove” May, 2001.
The risks of any refractive surgical procedure include infection, loss of best vision, over correction, and under correction. There are other risks that should be discussed individually with your doctor. The overall complication rate for PRK and LASIK is about the same for each of the different procedures in the hands of a skilled laser eye surgeon. While the risks are different with each procedure, their incidence is roughly equal. • Will I still be able to read as before after my procedure? Reading vision requires that the eye expend some effort to focus up close. Before age forty this close focusing is easily accomplished. After age forty, presbyopia begins. At that point magnification for reading will make this task easier. Nearsighted people often discover that the natural magnification created by their nearsightedness is a useful effect. This natural magnification will be exchanged for better distance vision, and these patients will now often require reading lenses for fine detai
