* These
matrices are for comparison only. Individual results
may vary.
Future
Technology
At Hale-Qamar Cataract and LASIK Center, it is our obligation to provide our patients with the safest and most effective technology available. To that end, we are constantly evaluating new devices and techniques. In LASIK, the mechanical keratome has been used for over thirty years to create corneal flaps. There are keratomes based on laser technology that are very expensive and yet to prove their worth. There are high pressure water jet keratomes under
construction that are claimed to be able to create the smoothest flap of all, but are yet to be adequately controllable. Dr. Hale has been surveying these technologies for several years. He has even gone as far as to visit
laboratories where some of these technologies were being tested.
Presbyopia, the process known as ageing vision, is being investigated by various groups,
and many different approaches have
been proposed to solve this
universal problem, including implantable lenses, corneal laser techniques, and structural manipulation of the external wall of the eye. While we are several years away from effectively dealing with presbyopia, rest assured that we will keep our patients informed of any significant developments.
In five or ten years, we may see a revolution in cataract surgery that can be adapted to vision correction surgery
for those without significant cataracts. There are lenses under development that can be implanted in the eye, measured for accuracy, tested for wavefront aberrations, and then adjusted while inside the eye by
treatment with light of a specific
wavelength that causes a change in
the shape of the lens and improves
the vision.
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