Procedure Information Archives

FLAP CREATION / MAKING THE FLAP

FLAP CREATION PROCEDURE IN SAN DIEGO The first step of any laser corneal re-shaping procedure is accessing the stroma or…

Topographic guided ablation for repair of corneas is completely different than anything else ever done in the United States- it…

PRIOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY REPAIR PROCEDURE IN SAN DIEGO Patients who have had prior refractive procedures of any sort- LASIK, PRK,…

Corneal Transplants are done for various reasons, and although they can restore vision, some can also have serious problems with…

Technically, the treatment of high myopia (-9 to -15 diopters of correction) is not a corneal repair, but it is…

Radial Keratotomy was a procedure performed prior to laser vision correction, achieving the correction of myopia by diamond knife cut radial…

The treatment of trauma with topographic guided ablation is dependent on the level of scarring caused by the trauma, the…

The treatment of Keratoconus and other forms of corneal ectasia (corneal weakening causing bowing forward of the cornea) have traditionally…

As our eyes age, the lens inside the eyes gets stiffer and less flexible. It is the lens that flexes…

We also perform a specialized version of PRK called Transepithelial PRK. This procedure utilizes corneal epithelial thickness mapping to determine…

From a young age, the lens in our eye is steadily getting less flexible. It’s because there is a lining…

PRK (Photo Refractive Keratectomy) is a laser correction procedure whereby the clear layer of surface skin (the epithelium) is removed…