The outcome of a surgery depends on a variety of factors. Having a LASIK procedure needs careful consideration. The more important factor, and the one under your control, comes as whom you choose as your doctor and what clinic you use.
Do You Have Ectasia?
A condition called post-LASIK ectasia exists. If treatment does not come individualized or customized the possibility exists that a doctor will slice your cornea too thin. A too thin cornea causes complications not just with sight, but with the structural integrity of the cornea itself. The only way to avoid such happenings is to carefully choose a doctor who has a high level of expertise in the field and takes the time to get to know your cornea in depth.
Many clinics have sprung up espousing the wonders of LASIK. LASIK comes as an amazing procedure that can restore sight. What many advertisements fail to highlight is the level of expertise of the doctors and staff. Rarely are you informed of the type of equipment and process used to determine the best treatment for your eyesight. Or the factors of genetics, age, and other diseases considered all come into the process of whether LASIK comes as the better treatment for you. Other surgical procedures exist that may give a better outcome than LASIK
What to Look For
Fortunately in the Houston area an award-winning doctor with stunning process that not only takes care of patients in the best way possible, but promotes the best practice in his profession is at Sugarland Eye & Laser Center. Dr. Amjad Khokhar and staff care about patients.
Their web site offers counseling services to anyone who has questions and does not require you to use their facilities. They want you to get the best care possible for your eyes whatever your condition or need is. His staff is well-trained to handle any question you may have about anything eye related. If that is not enough, anyone can request a consultation with a doctor, even with Dr. Amjad Khokhar. There is no pressure to have a procedure done. Instead, just an honest chat about what the doctor sees you need as a patient, about your eyes, and about your needs.
Customized Treatment
Dr. Amjad Khokhar and staff invest heavily in the latest techniques and equipment. The process involves using Wavefront and Wavescan techniques that take measurements of your eye rather than a pattern set by someone who does not even know you personally. The data from that gets input into the laser device with the guidance of a professionally trained doctor to perform the procedure. It takes time. It takes expertise. It takes caring about you as a person to give you the best possible outcome in your eye surgery. In Dr. Khokhar’s clinic, the possibility of ectasia is as minimal as you can make it. This staff and these doctors at Sugarland Eye & Laser Center will tell you if LASIK is not for you, and because they are a full service clinic, they can also tell you what may be possible.
Sources:
http://www.aao.org/publications/eyenet/200801/feature.cfm
http://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(02)01727-X/abstract
Sugarland Eye & Laser Center leads in providing premium LASIK technologies to Houston, Sugar Land, and the surrounding region. The Center’s award-winning medical director introduced revolutionary technologies such as iLASIK to the region. This technology is used by NASA astronauts, Navy SEALS and Air Force fighter pilots. At Sugarland Eye & Laser Center, you can now receive the same treatment. For more information, please call (281) 240-0478 or visit us at www.houston-lasik.com.
About the Author
Amjad Khokhar, M.D. is Chief LASIK Surgeon at Sugarland Eye & Laser Center. Add Dr. Khokhar on Google+ here.
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