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Surgical Information Package for LASIK and PRK Recommended Activity Schedule Following LASIK Surgery Patient Consent Form

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During Eye Surgery

On your day of surgery, you will be asked to arrive one hour before the scheduled procedure. You must not put any eye makeup or creams, or use perfume or after-shave on the day of surgery. Please wear warm clothing as the operating room is quite cool. Make sure you bring a friend or relative to take you back to the hotel or home after the surgery. You need to be in the center for an hour or so.

The surgical counselor will review the surgical consent forms with you and prepare them for signing. Your post-operative care and your medication will be discussed with you as well.

Dr. Kadambi will see you prior to your surgery. He will check your vision one more time prior to the operation. He will go over the consent form with you and you will sign it in his presence. Any additional questions you may have will also be answered at this time. Then one of the staff will prepare you for the surgery.

The LASIK procedure itself is a brief, relatively painless procedure. No sedative is given, as your co-operation during the surgery will be needed-especially to fix your stare on a light during the short period when the laser is working. No drops will be put in your eye till you are already on the surgical bed under the microscope.

Before beginning the surgeon will call your name and check the correction he is doing on the eye with the surgical assistant. Usually surgery is performed on the right eye first. A drop of anesthetic is put in your eye and your eye lashes are covered. A "speculum" is inserted to keep your eye lids apart to expose the cornea. A dye marker is made on the cornea to help the surgeon align the flap after the surgery. Next the surgeon will make the flap.

To make the flap:

If you choose to have the flap done by IntaLase you will lie down on the bed and an anesthetic drop is instilled your eye. The eye is epopee by a delicate instrument called speculum. The other eye is covered. A suction ring is applied to hove your cornea exposed properly and the intralase equipment is adjusted to the suction ring. The laser is then delivered to create the flap at the precise depth by the surgeon. it tales less than 30 seconds for the creation of the flap. The suction is released and the flap is created in the other eye. After the flaps ar3e done in both eyes you will be transferred to the the other bed for doing the Laser vision correction. The Flap is lifted and the laser vision correction is done--First in one eye and then the other eye.

If you choose to have the XP keratome to create the flap :A drop of anesthetic is placed in your eye and speculum is applied It will take less than a minute. A suction ring is then applied and you will feel a sensation of pressure in the eye. You will loose the sight of the light in that eye for a very short period. The microkeratome makes the flap and you will hear a buzzing noise. The suction is released and the microkeratome along with the suction ring is removed. The flap is then lifted and held back to expose the corneal "bed". The laser is then "locked" and started. You will hear a tapping noise. You may smell a "burnt hair" type of smell. The laser delivery is often done in few "Zones" with only seconds between the zones.

Once the laser is done the flap is put back to its original position and aligned properly after washing under the flap. Antibiotic drop is instilled and the speculum and the tapes are removed. You will be able to blink normally once the speculum is out. The whole process usually takes 3 to 4 minutes. The surgeon then proceeds to do the other eye and the whole process repeated for the other eye.

After both eyes are treated you will be helped out of the bed and you will be taken to the postoperative room. You can rest for a while and when you feel ready to go inform the staff. Remember your vision will be blurred all that day. The discomfort you feel after the surgery will improve after time. Before you go make the appointment to see the surgeon the next day.

PRK procedure is similar to LASIK except there is no suction or using the microkeratome. After the lid speculum is applied a circular mark is done on the cornea to show the area of removal of the "epithelium" so laser can be done on the corneal tissue. The laser correction part of the procedure is done the same as in LASIK. A contact lens is inserted at the end of the procedure to minimize the pain postoperatively. The contact lens stays in the eye till the epithelium covers the bared cornea-usually 3 days. Patients having PRK experience more discomfort than ones do that had LASIK.

The next day the surgeon checks your vision and inspects the flap to make sure the flap is in position. You will be required to be followed-up in 1 week, 1 month and 3 months either at Eyetech or with your own optometrist. Your optometrist will be given all the relevant information and he/she will inform us your progress on a regular basis.

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