The Additional Laser Eye Surgery Risks Not Normally Discussed

by Jonas Laquil

There seems to be no end to where technology can take us. We all think nothing of using home PCs and the Internet these days and if we are tired of using contacts or eyeglasses in many cases we can just have laser eye surgery performed to eradicate the problem.

It is no secret these days that laser eye surgery can be in many cases a very good way for people to forego the struggle of having to live with bad eyesight.

Nevertheless even though laser eye surgery is understandably very popular these days like all medical procedures it is not without its risks.

Some of these complications are already well known about by the public at large; however this isn’t the case with all of them so we will try to shed some light on them here.

Possible Risks

Besides the commonly known complications in laser eye surgery such as over and under correction, there are other more rare complications that can take place.

Central corneal islands are small areas of raised tissue that show up on the cornea when the laser used during surgery does not remove tissue uniformity. Thankfully this complication only happens to one percent of patients.

If it does occur in some cases you can have follow up correction surgery to put it right, but if it is not possible you may end up having to wear contact lenses to correct the problem.

DLK or diffuse lamellar keratitis as it is known technically is another complication known to take place in eye surgery when foreign bodies manage to find themselves within the corneal flap.

Symptoms to this include but are not limited to: pain in the eyes, the sensation of something being trapped in the eye, unusually blurred eyesight and sensibility to bright lights.

When this occurs the patient’s doctor will in most cases subscribe an oral or topical medication and this should cure the problem.

Then there’s the epithelial in-growths which can occur when cells from the corneal epithelium start growing under the corneal flap. This can significantly affect vision.

The corneal ecstasia is another complication that can essentially weaken the cornea and make it bulge out after the surgery. This is caused by an error in judgment by the surgeon when a deeper incision than necessary is created during the flap creation process. It can also occur when the surgeon removes more corneal tissue than necessary.

Unfortunately, for this type of laser eye surgery complication, it can only be put right with a corneal transplant.

So these are a few of the eye surgery complications that can take place, it’s important to remember that these complications only happen to a very small percentage of people undergoing laser eye surgery.

About the Author:

Research The Types Of Laser Eye Surgery at my site and you will discover Dangerous Laser Eye Surgery Risks that the vision centers never mention!