Vision loss is one of the most devastating conditions that people can suffer through
. It greatly reduces your quality of life and greatly impairs job performance. Fortunately, modern medical techniques have given the world a host of surgical treatments to cure or improve afflicted eyes.
Cataract Surgery
Cataracts are the clouded and dimmed crystalline lenses of the eye. This damage is caused by aging, disease or significant trauma. Regardless of the source, cataracts prevent the proper formation of images on the retina. If the loss of vision is significant enough, surgery is performed to replace the lens with a plastic construct. Because of the prevalence of cataracts, its removal and replacement is the most common ocular surgical procedure.
Glaucoma Surgery
Glaucoma is an umbrella term for multiple diseases that cause blindness. They all induce vision loss in patients by exerting intraocular pressure (IOP) on the optic nerves. This squeezes and damages the nerves and pathways that carry the visual signal to the brain. There are a multitude of different surgical techniques that are aimed at curing glaucoma. Their invasiveness and effectiveness vary but all aim to reduce IOP by finding a way to remove or drain the fluid thats exerting force on the optic nerve.
Laser Surgery
There are several types of laser eye surgery Baycity residents have available to them. While the use of lasers is erroneously thought of as only comprising of refractive techniques like LASIK, the truth is that its also used for a host of other eye procedures. One example of its non-refractive application is in the repair of corneal or retinal tears. Precise application of a laser can close and heal these micro wounds accurately and easily.
The LASIK eye surgery Baycity ophthalmologists often perform is what most people associate with the term laser eye surgery. It involves reshaping and repositioning the corneal and stromal layers of the eyeball in order to correct most refraction related vision problems. Nearsightedness, astigmatism and farsightedness are the common culprits with patients seeking LASIK.
The best LASIK surgeons Bay City has to offer recommend LASIK correction for a variety of reasons. The surgery is relatively noninvasive compared to other methods. The procedure itself is fast with the recovery equally swift. For many, the twenty minutes of discomfort required to undergo the treatment is offset by the greatly increased quality of life the procedure provides