Why did the Shealy Eye Laser Center switch to Surface Epi-Laser treatment for myopia in 2007?
• The graphs below show the global data results for conventional flap or cap LASIK treatments performed with all lasers. Global Data; Myopic Surface AblationDr. Shealy’s Results; Myopic Surface Ablation Nearly all of our myopic patients achieve 20/20 vision or better with surface Epi-Laser and the use of Mitomycin C when indicated. Those patients with high myopia sometimes lost some lines of vision due to corneal haze and were retreated for such. In 2009, we limit surface treatment to less than -5 diopters of myopia and prefer SBK Thin-Flap LASIK for higher degrees of myopia if the corneal thickness permits. Although surface ablation has advantages in terms of safety and visual outcome, it has been associated with some significant problems, including haze, pain, slow visual recovery, and regression. The combination of frozen BSS to chill the cornea after surgery, a tight bandage contact lens, and aggressive pharmaceutical management has reduced the incidence of pain to the point where
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