LASER ASSISTED IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS

Lasik ( laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis ) is method at special surgery for the correction of refraction abnormality that affect health of eye, life style and also requirement of job like stewardess, pilot and army that not enabled to use eyeglasses.

The type of refraction abnormality that can be corrected with method of lasik is hyperopic, myopic and astigmatism.

The action of Lasik can be done at minimum age 19 year with paying attention growth of myopic stabilize during one year, with its meaning minus at the eye only increase a quarter or half in one year, minus maximal eye 14 that can be done by lasik because is thick of cornea do not enable to be cut. Lasik is not recommended to be done at children’s because along growth of children’s so that minus at eye still enable to increase.

The method of lasik around 90 % not cause side effects, if treatment of eye pasca lasik be done correctly. If treatment of eye not true hence worst impact is infection to generate tissue of scar at cornea and this problem only can be done transplantation of cornea. Infection usually occur because eye contact with dirt, spattered of water that stimulate for cleaning of the eye with hand, though flap pasca lasik not yet closed perfectly. The use of antibiotic to prevent infection more than two week will affect bad like glaucoma that can cause blindness. Drug dropp tear substitution function as a Iubricant can be used long time because going together making flap at action of lasik is size of flap three a quarter of radian, and take flimsy that be remained at tabletop and under then be cut at side from other side, that have many sensory nerve as a producer of tear, so that the amount of tear decrease and need drug dropp tear substitution.

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