Problems With Laser Eye Surgery

Not everyone is perfect and there are times when problems with laser eye surgery can occur

. Most of the time, this can result in further irritation of the common side effects of eye surgery. However, less fortunate patients are left with permanent, debilitating side effects that often lead to lawsuits and even depression.

Laser eye surgery itself has branched out into many techniques, one of them being LASIK surgery. The problems associated with laser eye surgery can be due to the eye surgeons' faults or the patients' eyes. The most characteristic complication of LASIK surgery is a flap complication, caused by the surgeon misplacing the flap back on the cornea. This can cause irregularities in vision, such as ghosting and double vision. The surgeon may have also cut the flap too deeply or burnt off too much stromal tissue during the actual procedure which can lead to keraectasia or bulging of the eye. This complication can only be treated with rigid gas permeable contact lenses or corneal implants designed to hold the cornea in place.

Another flap complication that could arise is diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK). This is very rare as the eye surgeon is continually adding antibiotics into the operated eye during the procedure but can still happen due to the instruments not being properly disinfected. DLK usually occurs under the flap and causes severe inflammation and vision loss if left uncontrolled. If you experience any kind of inflammation around the center of your eyes, then you should go back to the surgeon so that they can open up the flap to clean off any inflammatory cells, which will prevent further tissue damage.

Some other problems with laser eye surgery is sight regression or under correction. This is more applicable to those laser eye surgery candidates who have very high prescriptions. However, this problem can still occur when the surgeon hasn't ablated the cornea deep enough. I know of a PRK surgery case where a man with a fairly high script continued to complain of contrast vision problems, such as glare, haloes and starburst and also had sensitivity to light. This meant that it was actually painful for him to look at the computer or TV screen, because of this increased sensitivity and also due to the fact that his eyes were still healing. However, the main complaint was that he didn't notice any improvement in vision and said that his vision was still very blurry after the surgery, like as if he wasn't wearing his contact lenses. This was very likely due to the surgeon not ablating the cornea deep enough and as such, he has experienced what surgeons call a myopic creep. This condition can be easily fixed with a follow up visit to the surgeon, which I am sure he did.

All in all, most of the common problems with laser eye surgery are self-limiting and with time, the eye will successfully heal itself. For some other patients, this may not be the case and regular contact with the doctor or surgeon can help monitor the progress of your eyes and whether or not any action needs to be taken to resolve certain complications.

by: Joseph Nguyen

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