IntraLasik

Although LASIK is a procedure proven to be effective, laser technology developments have made it possible to eliminate potential complications by microkeratomes. The so-called femtosecond laser, developed by Tibor Juhász, a Hungarian physicist living in the USA, has achieved a higher variability, precision, and accuracy of the lobules produced during LASIK operations. Imola Ratkay, head surgeon of Focus Medical played a decisive role in the development of the surgical procedure: she was the first in the world to perform surgery using the IntraLASIK procedure. In possession of these results, the procedure was approved and officially registered by the American FDA in 2000.

A femtosecond laser can be used for preparing a corneal lobule in a unique manner. In the course of the operation, the laser is controlled by computer. This procedure can also be applied in case of a thinner cornea as well as with patients who could not be subjected to laser-based eye correction before. In the course of the operation, the eye epithelium is not damaged, therefore there is less pain and nerves are also regenerated more rapidly. The IntraLasik procedure is getting increasingly popular worldwide; the majority of patients opt for this method for eye correction surgery. This intervention can generally be proposed to correct shortsightedness in the range of -1.0 to -12.0 dioptres, astigmatism in the range of 1.0 to 6.0 dioptres, and hypermetropia in the range of +2.0 to +6,0 dioptres. IntraLasik has been successfully applied at more than five hundred thousand patients.

In the course of the intervention, the eye of the patient is anaesthetized by eye drops; the surroundings of the eye are disinfected and sterilely isolated. The eye is fixed by vacuum while the lobule is prepared on the cornea by the femtosecond laser. Then the lobule is bent up and the excimer laser intervention is performed, removing a microscopic tissue layer from the surface of the cornea. This way the refraction defects of the eye (myopia, astigmatism, and hypermetropia) are corrected. The laser intervention itself takes 30 to 60 seconds while the patient must look at a flashing red light. After this, the lobule is let down to its place.

After the intervention, you get eyedrops to avoid superinfection together with protective glasses. When at home, please close your eyes for 2 to 3 hours, and only then should you use the eyedrops as prescribed. For 2 to 3 hours after an IntraLASIK intervention, lacrimation, the feeling of a foreign body, and sensitivity to light are to occur. This unpleasant feeling is to subside by the next day. Your sight is expected to be stabilized in 2 to 3 months, but as a rule, you will see quite well already on the first week after the surgery, so you can return to your usual lifestyle.