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Make sure that your eyes are in the best hands possible by following these tips.
There is perhaps no bigger health decision to make than when it comes to choosing a surgeon who will be responsible for an ophthalmic surgery procedure. Whenever you are putting something as important as your health and your eyesight on the line, it is important that you are doing all of the research necessary to ensure that you are intrusting your vision to the best hands possible. After all, you only have one set of eyes and they are one of the most important body parts that you have!
However, if this is the first time that you have researched refractive surgery or looked into finding an optical surgeon, it can be confusing and overwhelming trying to decide what kind of questions you need to ask and what qualities in a surgeon you should be looking out for.
To help you get through this complicated process, Dr. Daniel Durrie, a LASIK surgeon in Kansas City, and his fellow refractive surgeons Drs. Jason Stahl and Jason Brinton, have come up with some truly helpful tips to help patients choose an experienced and qualified refractive surgeon that will transform your eyesight for the better:
1. When choosing a refractive surgeon, a patient should consider the technology the surgeon utilizes and invests in to provide the best treatment outcomes.
2. There is no substitute for a surgeon’s experience and reputation, which means thorough research prior to entrusting an eye doctor with one’s vision care needs is extremely important.
3. Patients should expect to have a consultation with their doctor before having their vision correction surgery to help the doctor determine the general health of the patient’s eyes, as well as their candidacy for laser eye surgery.
4. For patients interested in procedures such as LASIK, PRK, or Refractive Lens Surgery, defining the right treatment plan based on the patient’s individual needs is essential to a successful outcome. (This consultation should include testing that utilizes advanced technology, such as topographical corneal surface mapping, 3D retinal imaging, high definition Wavefront testing, OCT and specular microscopy.)
5. After the procedure has been completed, patients should expect follow-up appointments during the recovery period. Their surgeon should also be involved in every aspect of this process.
In addition to these important tips, you may also want to come up with your own list of questions that are important to you as a patient. For instance, do they have any past patients that could provide reference for the surgeon? What kind of certifications do they have for the equipment and processes that they will be using throughout surgery? What are the most common side effects that they see after the procedure and how can you prepare for them?
As we mentioned before, choosing a qualified and experienced refractive surgeon is one of the single most important thing you can do for your eyesight. To make sure that you are in the best hands possible, contact OCLI today and learn more about our experienced refractive surgery team.
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