Advanced PRK - No Touch Tecnique 100% Laser

[thomasgazzar]

guys i hope somebody give me an answer ... i made the no touch PRK surgery a month ago and i'm still having some visual problems specially at night , my right eye is still blurry but the left one is 15/20 .. is that ok in such surgery or what ?????

[OverkilledUnderdog]

Hardly useful without some text or commentary!

[DarkAngel4952]

Between LASIK and PRK, I will chose PRK. I undergo PRK last June and I'm very satisfied with the result. No ghosting or blurred vision. The first few days and weeks were difficult but after the recovery period my vision was back to 20/20 without any complications. Even at night my vision is clear. Yes it hurts after a day or two after the operation that's why there's a medication you should take but the results are very satisfying.

[mcline007]

It would be nice if they could remove the eye, make the fixing and put ti back :P

[DanaAst]

@mcline007

Nice? Sounds like more painful and cringing.

[polarstar75]

is it PTK then PRK?

[iammdeepak1]

Do they not apply any suction ring to stabilize your your eye? Thats a common procedure in almost all laser surgeries. Super neat if they don't do it in this!! A pure laser beam, with minimal mechanical intervention is the most ideal!!

[MauryaCadre]

I get very freaked out over my eyes. I have a hard time even putting eye drops in my eyes. I can't put contacts in either. I'm wondering if it is still possible for me to get laser eye surgery. I don't know if I could handle those stretch-poker things prying my eyes open, and then go 10 minutes without blinking. Would the tranquilizer help me stay relaxed and not care about my eyes?

[silentmason]

@MauryaCadre Your post care with PRK requires the use of drops daily... At least 1 drop every 1-2 hours for comfort, and a scheduled coctail of eye drops 4 times a day. You by the end of 4 months will eventually taper down to 1 drop a day per eye... then to nothing... If that is hard for you to use eye drops... then a brush/speculum/laser sounds like you'd have a difficult time... Perhaps a tranquilizer would help... The surgery is easy... You just got to get over your drops phobia :-)

[LovelyYTRocks]

I hope I can get this answered as soon as possible, because I would be meeting with my optometrist in about a month on PRK and Lasik, procedure and risk wise.

I know he'd avoid telling me the CORRECT risks, so I'm here to impose the question on to you guys:

1) Which is safer? They say 95% of Lasik surgeries comes out perfect. What about PRK?

2) Which operation has the LEAST amount of risks?

[iotubo81]

From the research I made on the internet the safer tecnique is PRK, however most of the surgeon prefer do Lasik because is "easier to sell" to patients. Ask for this tecnique (Prk no Touch) to your optometrist and let as know..

[PhatFarm60]

PRK poses less risks.

Why do you want this surgery? Are you faced with the hurdle of poor eyesight in regards to a career? Military or Law Enforcement?

If the answer is no, then there is no real need to put yourself at risk when modern contacts are so reliable.

[Okin17]

@LovelyYTRocks Your being silly. The doctor has no reason to lie to you about the risks. That aside Lasik has a much faster recovery time but with patients that have greater degrees of correction the epithelium flap causes complications. So with more extreme corrections they use PRK because there's less chance of scarring even though it takes longer to heal.

[SFO14]

Had traditional PRK less than a month ago. 20/20, no problems thus far, extremely happy with the results. Thanks to the Herzig Eye Institute in Toronto Canada

[mjlx]

how's your vision now?

[SFO14]

@mjlx took a few weeks for it to "stabilize" but haven't had any problems. The only complaint would have to be that my eyes would get dried out for the first couple of months, nothing the eyedrops can't handle. 6 months after, all is good

[johchino1]

inthe end what is he putting in the eye was it a contact lense? and what is it for?

[SAdeimosSA]

It's a contact lens bandage. Essentially it's to keep things out while the cornea heals.

[AngelineO02]

gracias por el video! voy a operarme proximamente de la vista.... gracias.

[iotubo81]

Another new "no touch" tecnique is the SUPRALASE™ one.

"SUPRALASE eliminated the need for the following: mechanical brush, suction rings, microkeratome, and dissecting instruments.

SUPRALASE uses a laser to complete this process and there is no corneal flap created".

More information could be found on the website of First Colonial Eye Center (US).

[iotubo81]

Another new "no touch" tecnique is the "custom Trans-Epithelial No-touch". Note that is slightly different from the "PRK no touch".

You can find all the information on the iVIS Technologies website.

The future of eye surgery seems to be "customized no touch procedures".

[iotubo81]

Important Updates:

In order to perform the "no touch" laser surgery, the surgeon MUST use the VISX StarS4 laser.

The centres that are familiar with this advanced version of PRK are:

1)London Eye Centre (Canada)

2)Pan Pacific Laser Vision Center LLC (Hawaii)

3)CVL (Mexico)

4)Schwartz Laser Eye Center (Arizona)

[iotubo81]

'No Touch'™ laser vision correction.

This technique evolved from PRK.

It also treats the surface of the cornea but unlike other techniques, requires no assistance from manual surgical instruments. It is the only technique to use exclusively the Excimer Laser from start to finish.

[iotubo81]

Information collected so far:

LASIK IS UNSAFE, FLAP NEVER HEAL!!

May pose problems in the long term!

New Techniques:

1)NO TOUCH PRK

2)BLADE-LESS LASIK