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Your choice of surgeon will be the most important factor for your eye treatment. Download our free guide now, and take the essential first step in gaining freedom from your glasses

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3-D Videos to Learn all About Your Eyes and Vision Correction Surgery

View 3-D video presentations on a range of vision correction subjects. See clearly why you need glasses, and how laser eye surgery can give you clear sight.
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See and Hear Patients Talking About CK and Laser Eye Surgery

Do you want to meet patients who have had laser vision treatment or the CK read-again without-glasses correction? Click on the image or the link below to see these videos.

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How Does CK Compare to Laser Correction?

Because it is minimally invasive, the procedure has very few surgical complications. More than 400 procedures were performed in the official FDA studies in to the effectiveness and safety of CK, prior to its formal approval in April 2002. No patient had a serious complication or had best corrected vision below the driving standard. It is because of this high safety profile that many patients in the 40-70 age group, typically more conservative than the younger laser vision correction patients, are comfortable coming forward to have CK. These patients like CK because a) there is no blade used, b) no laser is needed, c) no tissue is removed, and d) the important central corneal line of sight isn't touched.

Advantages of CK over laser treatments for longsight up to +3.00 dioptres:

safer
no infections reported, ever
quicker procedure
comparable visual results
no cutting or blade
no flap complications
much less dry eye
no tissue removal
no weakening or thinning of the cornea
no laser needed
central line of sight area of the cornea not touched
less discomfort compared to LASEK or PRK

CK is now being used to quickly and safely correct astigmatism in a glasses prescription or if caused by LASIK, PRK, cataract surgery or corneal grafting. Studies will shortly be underway to evaluate CK in the treatment of keratoconus.

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