Over 98% of hyperopia patients achieve “20/32″ vision – better eyesight than the UK driving standard of 20/40. Many clinics around the world today are still not able to treat into the high ranges of long-sightedness, find out how London Vision Clinic differ in results for treating hyperopic patients….
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Laser Eye Surgery Results for Myopia at London Vision Clinic [VIDEO]
When a patient is looking to have laser eye surgery, it is very important that they are looking at the clinic’s results but much more importantly than looking at the general results outcome….
Laser Eye Surgery: The Results Beyond the Numbers
In recent years, the choice of binning the specs seems a far more attractive notion, with the increase of successful statistical results reported and development of the laser technology, it is not surprising that thousands of people in the UK choose laser eye surgery year after year. Although these numbers are convincing, thousands of people choose to have laser eye surgery for benefits that have little to do with laser eye surgery statistics….
Results After Laser Eye Surgery: Common Questions
In this post, we share some of the most common questions we hear from patients in regards to results after laser eye surgery….
Do Laser Eye Surgery Results Differ Between Prescriptions? [VIDEO]
In general, results (the term used in refractive surgery is “efficacy”) decrease as prescriptions increase. Our experience at London Vision Clinic, while not as dramatic as the norm, mirrors this general trend. Therefore, when reviewing results, it is important to have these results reflect what vision patients achieve for specific prescriptions (as opposed to overall results across all prescriptions which are less relevant and are in fact often biased towards lower prescriptions). In this video, Mr. Carp explains our approach to higher prescriptions and why the high profile treatment is necessary for some of our patients……
Are There More Risks Associated With Higher Prescriptions? [VIDEO]
Yes. The two areas where higher risks are associated with higher prescriptions are night vision disturbances (halos and starbursts) and corneal haze. In this video post, Mr. Glenn Carp explains the risks associated with higher prescription treatment, and how the London Vision Clinic works to mitigate these risks….
Factors That Could Affect the Outcomes of Cataract Surgery
Factors That Could Affect the Outcomes of Cataract Surgery Cataract Surgery is an essential procedure for the effective treatment of cataracts. In recent decades, it has become the most common surgical procedure performed in the UK and many other countries around the world. This prominence has helped to establish extremely high success rates; however, there are some factors that could affect the outcomes of Cataract Surgery. If you have been told you need surgery to remove cataracts in one or…
What are the long-term effects of Laser Eye Surgery?
What are the long-term effects of Laser Eye Surgery? Not many medical treatments in this world are permanent fixes. Despite the impressive rate of medical innovation in recent years, the vast majority of treatment options still focus on symptom management. For example, medical equipment like glasses and crutches offer us temporary relief. Similarly, drugs may rid us of illness for a short while, yet they only get a hold on serious or chronic conditions with continual use. Not even invasive…
Long term effects of Laser Eye Surgery
Long term effects of Laser Eye Surgery There’s no getting around the fact that Laser Eye Surgery is a pretty young procedure, with the first formal treatments being carried out around twenty-five years ago. So even though it rapidly exploded in popularity and over thirty million people have already received the treatment, no one has lived over a quarter of a decade with the results. This creates a bit of a sore point in the talk about the long terms…
