If both laser and ICL are suitable, how to choose myopia surgery?

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-02-19

There is such a wave of people in this world, who are born not to choose and do not like to choose, but the reality is cruel, and everyone must make choices about their lives.

Wearing glasses is so troublesome, I believe many people have thought about having surgery to remove their glasses. Myopia surgery is divided into laser surgery and ocular endoscopic surgery (ICL).

If you are lucky and have good eye conditions and are suitable for laser surgery, ICL is also suitable, is it a bit of a "happy trouble" for people who are eager to take off the glasses.

How to choose between myopia laser surgery and ICL lens implantation?

As the saying goes, "what's right is best".

The same is true for myopia surgery, which cannot be evaluated solely on which surgery is best, but on the basis of the followingPersonal eye condition and eye needsand other tailor-made surgical plans to achieve better postoperative results.

ReLEx laser myopia surgery

The whole process of femtosecond laser myopia surgery is no knife and no corneal flap is made, and the lenticule is directly made in the corneal stroma with femtosecond laser, and then the lenticule is removed through a very small incision to achieve the purpose of correcting myopia.

Features:No knife, no flap, minimally invasive small incision, good comfort, corneal biomechanically stable, light postoperative dry eye and short maintenance time.

Suitable for:Low, medium and high myopia are all suitable, suitable for police, soldiers and other people.

Femtosecond laser myopia surgery

Femtosecond laser myopia surgery is performed by a femtosecond laser device to make a corneal flap, and then an excimer laser device is equipped with corneal topography or Q-value guidance and positioning functions to complete the operation. For people with special eye conditions, personalized surgery is more "considerate".

Features:No knife, flap, incision 2cm, good postoperative visual quality.

Suitable for:It is suitable for a wide range of people.

ICL lens implantation

ICL lens implantation is an "additive" surgery that does not require cutting the cornea, but only needs to be implanted into the eye with a special lens with refractive power to achieve the purpose of correcting myopia, which can preserve the intact eye tissue to a large extent, and the correction power is wide, reversible, and the vision is clear.

Features:No corneal cutting, good visual quality, reversible, less postoperative dry eye.

Suitable for:-50-1800 degree myopia, -600 degree astigmatism, etc.

In short, Xie Xiuli, director of Aier Ophthalmology Department affiliated to Wuhan University, said: Whether it is laser surgery or lens implantation surgery, you need to choose the most suitable one, you may wish to do a preoperative examination, and let a professional ophthalmologist tailor a surgical plan for you.

Each surgical method has its own meaning of existence, and each one has its own merits, and we cannot one-sidedly think who is superior and who is inferior. More choices also give people more ways to solve problems. That's why we often say that there are more ways than difficulties!

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