The Carl Zeiss Meditec WASCA Workstation
The Orbscan technology

Hi Eye Docs; THis is the equipment Dr. Sutton uses in Vancouver

http://www.lasikeyecentres.com/Content/Default.aspx?pg=1010

My concerns relate to regression & whether I should stop wearing my soft contacts early than 1 week pre op.

What is the risk of regression and can anything be done to minimize? I require 7 diopters of correction in each eye.

Is a week enough to normalize the cornea pre op by not wearing contacts?

I have not met the surgeon yet but will in January.

Murray,

The Mel 80 with wavefront-guided ablation uses what is generally considered the most advanced technology, however no amount of technology can compensate for an inferior surgeon. Be sure you evaluate your potential doctor. I suggest using our 50 Tough Questions For Your Doctor at http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/tough_questions.htm.

Regression is common for myopes over 6.00 diopters. Predicting how much you will regress is more an art form than a science. A technique to compensate for regression is to deliberately overcorrect you during surgery, expecting regression to bring you back to plano (no refractive error). The problem with this technique is that if the guess is wrong, you go from being a high myope to a low hyperope (farsighted, longsighted). Depending upon your individual circumstances, that may be more problematic than your current correctible myopia.

A more conservative doctor may initially correct you to plano, allow you to regress, then perform enhancement surgery to “fine tune” the actual amount you regress. Both techniques (overcorrection or planned enhancement) have their advantages and disadvantages. You should discuss with your doctor which technique would be used for you, and which you find most appropriate.

Our organization recommends being out of soft contact lenses for two weeks before final measurements for surgery. If your soft contacts are toric lenses to also correct astigmatism, then three weeks. It would be fair to say that we are more In all events, you need to be out of your contacts until the cornea has regained its natural shape. conservative than some doctors.

Best of luck, whatever you ultimately decide.

Glenn Hagele
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
http://www.USAeyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org

I am not a doctor.

Murray,

People with higher levels of myopia have many more problems with refractive surgery than those with lower levels of myopia. If you choose to have refractive surgery be aware that there is distinct possibility that you will never see as well ever again. Even with the latest and greatest versions of wavefront technology 3% of the people who have LASIK, PRK or LASEK wind up with permanent loss of quality of vision. There are now tens of thousands of individuals who are permanently visually handicapped because they had refractive surgery.

Please be very leery of anything that Glenn Hagele posts and of everything on his website. CRSQA exists to provide marketing services to refractive surgeons. There is no evidence that the refractive surgeons he markets are any better then refractive surgeons who do not purchase CRSQA marketing services. Hagele does nothing but market refractive surgery for a living. A recent edition of Eyeworld magazine (a magazine devoted to selling refractive surgery) included the following:

“Certification is not CRSQA’s primary focus, according to Hagele. ‘Providing certification is a means to an end for CRSQA.’ What’s in it for the surgeons besides a discount on advertising? Public credibility, according to Hagele, is an important asset, even for those whose names are well recognized within their field.”

What Hagele is doing is trying to create a brand name and to promote it.

Hagele himself is physically an excellent candidate for refractive surgery but has wisely chosen not to have it because he knows he will not be happy with the results. Please follow his example.

Good luck to you!

Terri

Terri has made these inaccurate and nonsensical statements several times before, so rather than respond to this repetition, an interested person may simply visit https://asklasikdocs.com/forum/main/3015.html#2 to view a previous thread where each of these accusations are debunked.

I think any reasonable person will see that in my response to Murray I replied objectively, accurately, and factually to the questions presented.

Glenn Hagele
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
http://www.USAeyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org

I am not a doctor.