{"id":731,"date":"2015-09-27T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brusselseyecenter.be\/?page_id=731"},"modified":"2015-09-27T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T17:48:27","slug":"refractive-surgery-indications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brusselseyecenter.be\/en\/refractive-surgery-indications\/","title":{"rendered":"REFRACTIVE SURGERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDICATIONS OF EACH TECHNIQUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-radial-keratotomy\/\"> Radial keratotomy<\/a> : Myopia from -1 to -3 diopters<\/li>\n<li>      <a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-prk\/\">PRK<\/a> or <a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-lasek\/\">Lasek<\/a> : Myopia from -1 to -3 diopters, astigmatism from -1 to -3 diopters\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-lasik\/\">Lasik surgery.<\/a> :\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/myopia\/\">Myopia<\/a> : -1 to -10 diopters\n          <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/astigmatism\/\"> Astigmatism<\/a> : +\/- 1 to +\/- 5 diopters<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/hyperopia\/\">Hyperopia<\/a> : + 1 to + 5 diopters\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-aberrometry\/\">Aberrometry<\/a>: Wavefront Customized treatment by aberrometry and <a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-ultra-thin-lasik\/\">Ultra Thin Lasik<\/a> :\n<ul>\n<li>Myopia : -1 to -10 even up to &#8211; 12 diopters<\/li>\n<li>Astigmatism : -1 to -6 diopters<\/li>\n<li>Significant optical aberrations<\/li>\n<li>large pupillary diameter in dim light<\/li>\n<li>Indication to enhance visual acuity <\/li>\n<li>Thin cornea\n                                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Particularities of each technique<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>      \tRK, PRK, Lasek and Lasik can induce a regression or a postoperative under-correction of the ablation profile due to individual variability of the human corneal tissue.<\/li>\n<li>In 4 to 5% of cases, a free retreatment is necessary<br \/>\n        (according to results from <a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/jean-assaf-md\/\">Doctor Assaf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Retreatment is less frequent with customized treatment by aberrometry, estimated from 2% to 3%.<\/li>\n<li>Retreatment for over and under correction after RK and PRK can be performed by PRK and LASIK.<\/li>\n<li>Retreatment following Lasik is always done by Lasik \n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Inclusion criteria for refractive surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\tAge : &gt; 19 years<\/li>\n<li>Stable myopia, astigmatism or hyperopia for at least 2 years<\/li>\n<li>No ocular disease such as: keratoconus, evolutive glaucoma, chronic herpetic infection&#x2026;<\/li>\n<li>No auto-immune disease : lupus, scleroderma &#x2026;<\/li>\n<li>No uncontrolled ocular diabetes<\/li>\n<li>High motivation: professional, aesthetic, sportive&#8230;\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about refractive surgery:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-technique\/\">Comparative table of each technique<\/a> of refractive surgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-indications\/\">Indications of each technique<\/a> of refractive surgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-complications\/\">Complications of refractive surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/eye-surgery-technology\/\">Advanced and High Tech instruments<\/a> for refractive surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-laser-excimer\/\">Excimer <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/en\/wp\/en\/refractive-surgery-laser-excimer\/\">LASER <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#xA0; INDICATIONS OF EACH TECHNIQUE Radial keratotomy : Myopia from -1 to -3 diopters PRK or Lasek : Myopia from -1 to -3 diopters, astigmatism from -1 to -3 diopters Lasik : Myopia : -1 to -10 diopters Astigmatism : +\/- 1 to +\/- 5 diopters Hyperopia : + 1 to + 5 diopters Aberrometry: [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-2-columns-content-right.php","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REFRACTIVE SURGERY - Brussels Eye Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/brusselseyecenter.be\/en\/refractive-surgery-indications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REFRACTIVE SURGERY - Brussels Eye Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#xA0; 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