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There are many types of\u00a0laser eye surgery. \u00a0There are many areas within ophthalmology which use laser surgery to treat eye disease\u2026more than just\u00a0laser vision correction.\u00a0 While laser vision correction is probably the most \u201cfamous,\u201d lasers are used in many parts of the eye.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here are various areas of the eye where laser eye surgery can be performed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
This is probably the most popular use of the laser for obvious reasons. \u00a0Laser vision correction uses the excimer and\/or the femtosecond laser to reshape the cornea to reduce the need for contact lenses or glasses. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Reshaping the cornea has dramatic effects on the refraction of the eye. \u00a0Myopia (nearsightedness) is commonly treated with laser vision correction, but high amounts of astigmatism, corneal scars and near-sightedness can be treated as well.<\/p>\n
The femtosecond laser has been approved for laser cataract surgery. \u00a0The femtosecond can be used to reduce astigmatism and reliably perform some of the integral parts of cataract surgery. \u00a0The accuracy of the laser is used to make the opening incision in the cornea, in the opening of the capsule surrounding the cataract and aids in liquefying the cataract material itself.<\/p>\n
While modern cataract surgery can boast excellent results, laser cataract surgery might possibly enhance these outcomes. \u00a0There is usually an extra surcharge.<\/p>\n
A common occurrence after any kind of cataract surgery is opacification of the posterior capsule. \u00a0The intraocular lens is placed within a clear capsule which often clouds with time. A Yag laser is used to open up or clear the capsule.<\/p>\n
There are several lasers used to treat certain types of glaucoma.<\/p>\n
Open angle glaucoma patients may be treat with ALT (argon laser trabeculoplasty) or SLT (selective laser trabeculoplasty). \u00a0The argon or diode laser is used for ALT and the Nd:YAG laser can be used for SLT. The lasers treat the trabecular meshwork which is located at the base of the iris. \u00a0The trabecular meshwork regulates the internal drainage of fluid in the eye.<\/p>\n
In both cases, these are treatments to lower the intraocular pressure when medications have failed. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Patients with narrow angle glaucoma often are cured by creating a small hole in the iris called an iridectomy. \u00a0The iridectomy is usually created in the office with a YAG laser.<\/p>\n
The argon or diode laser is used in a variety of ways to treat problems of the retina. \u00a0Diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular diseases and retinal tears are commonly treated with either of these lasers.<\/p>\n
The YAG laser may be used to treat vitreous opacities.<\/p>\n
Micropulse lasers are relatively new and can also be used to treat open angle glaucoma and various retinal diseases with less destruction of tissue. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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There are many types of\u00a0laser eye surgery. \u00a0There are many areas within ophthalmology which use laser surgery to treat eye disease\u2026more than just\u00a0laser vision correction.\u00a0 While laser vision correction is probably the most \u201cfamous,\u201d lasers are used in many parts of the eye.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are various areas of the eye where laser eye surgery can …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3549"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8912,"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3549\/revisions\/8912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.serdarozler.com.tr\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}