Laser surgery today has developed many ablation profiles which has allowed us to improve the effectiveness of myopia treatments and farshigtednesstreatments.
It has also allowed us to generate less difficulties in night vision than we did 15 or 20 years ago, to be more effective in the number of diopters that we corrected, in the combinations of myopia or farshigtednesswith astigmatism and, finally, to modify the sphericity or make multifocal ablations which has allowed us in the cornea to develop techniques in the treatment of presbyopia.Today it is possible with very high efficiency to resolve in young presbytes in patients between 40 and 53 years the possibility of correcting their refractive defect from afar, their previous hyperopia, their previous myopia, the combinations of both with astigmatism until less 1,50 with the treatment of his current presbyopia.
What is laser surgery for presbyopia?
Presbyopia is one of the most common pathologies that exist. It is usually called "tired eyesight" and appears approximately after 45 years of age although there are cases in which it begins at earlier ages. Presbyopia or eyestrain appears when the eye progressively loses the ability to focus on nearby objects.
There are different treatments to combat this visual discomfort, among which laser surgery stands out. Corneal laser surgery for presbyopia is one of the most advanced techniques to definitively correct tired eyesight. The results are very promising and the techniques that can be addressed are:
On the one hand, the Presbilasyk technique trying to make both eyes emmetropic for far and to have the vision closely compensated with a modification of the sphericity.
On the other hand, monovision techniques where we get basically in the presbyopia treatments that one eye is dominant from afar and the other is the dominant closely but that with both at the same time we do not notice differences between far and near and we see well both in one distance as in the other.
What benefits does laser surgery provide for presbyopia?
- High precision in the surgical procedure.
- Quick recovery, the patient in less than 24 hours can resume their daily activities like work.
- Reduction of operative complications.
- Maximum visual quality.
- Acceleration of healing time.
- Correction of both presbyopia and astigmatism up to 1,50 diopters.
- Minimally invasive treatment since it does not require the use of the scalpel.