Femto Smile surgery to correct vision

Low vision and the use of medical glasses has always been a source of Inconvenience to many. and with the recent development of the medical field.

It has become possible to solve the previous problems of millions of patients with the least possible side effects through vision correction with femto smile.

And recently the term femto smile surgery has become popular So what Is that process? what are Its features? And what are Its side effects?

What is femto smile surgery?

It is a modern technique used in the treatment of myopia, in which the femtosecond laser Is used to separate a thin part of the corneal cortex, then the doctor extracts this part through a pocket in the cornea without the need to lift a layer or crust from the cornea (the fold) as in all types of LASIK cases.

 

How is the Femto Smile process done? And what Is the duration of the process?

The surgeon puts the patient under local anesthesia through anesthetic drops that he puts in the eye.

The patient Is lying on his back under the laser device and the computer screen.

The surgeon uses a machine called an ophthalmoscope to keep the eyelids open during the operation, and a suction ring Is placed above the pupil to help stabilize the eye. Surgeon uses a femtosecond laser to create a lens and make a small incision of 2 mm in the healthy cornea, and then extracts the lens from the cornea. Through the incision, which leads to a change in the shape of the cornea by removing the lens, and thus refractive errors are corrected, knowing that the corneal incision will self-heal without suturing within days of the operation.

Femto-LASIK surgery takes about 10-20 minutes.

 

Who are the candidates for Femto Smile?

The patient must have several things in order to be a candidate for this operation, which are:

• The age of the disease Is 22 years or more.
• Measurements of visual acuity are stable during the previous year before undergoing the operation.
• He should not have diabetes.
• The patient should not be breastfeeding.
• The patient has not undergone any previous laser correction process.
• Femto-LASIK cannot be performed if the patient has dry eyes, any viral eye disease, herpes, glaucoma, or keratoconus, or if there Is any eye infection, high eye pressure, or uveitis.

 

What are the advantages of the Femto Smile process?

Femto-LASIK offers many advantages and is characterized as:

• Painless.
• Non-surgical intervention.
• The recovery time Is very short.
• Local anesthesia and do not need general anesthesia.
• High precision in this procedure.
• The incidence of dry eyes after the procedure is low compared to other procedures.
• Preserving the thickness and nerves of the cornea.

 

What are the risks and complications of the Femto Smile procedure?

• With age, the possibility of vision weakening again.
• Correct only myopia and small degrees of astigmatism, while LASIK and surface laser (PRK) can correct large degrees of farsightedness and astigmatism.
• In some cases, the patient may need an additional procedure to correct vision, if there Is a residual refractive error after the femtosmile procedure. The surface laser – PRK is usually the appropriate option to obtain the best results.
• The need for an expert eye surgeon, because the Femto SMILE technique is a very new technology compared to other LASIK techniques

 

What is the difference between the Femto Smile procedure and the LASIK procedure?

The LASIK operation takes place in two stages, the first part Is the preparation for the use of LASIK, by lifting a thin crust of the cornea using a precise and complex device called the microkeratome device. Less accurate than femto-LASIK.

In contrast to the femto-LASIK process, the femto-LASIK device is used, which takes the preparatory step to lift the corneal cortex, which Is performed by the microkeratome. With this concept, we can tell the patient that the process from Its beginning to its end Is carried out using a laser;

The femtolaser to lift the corneal cortex and the excimer laser to adjust the strength of the cornea, the degree of Its curvature, and correct the sizes.

 

What is the success rate of the operation according to age?

The Femto Smile surgery is considered one of the qualitative operations whose success rate for most patients reaches 99%. An experienced hand plays a role in the success of the operation.

So it is preferable to choose an experienced doctor.

 

The recovery period after the operation

After the Femto Smile operation, the eye needs a period of rest to recover, heal, and heal the surgical wound.

And this period lasts between two weeks to about a month, depending on the patient’s condition.

After that, the doctor decides whether the patient is eligible to undergo another eye operation or not.

 

The cost of the operation in Zein Hospital

The cost of femto smile surgery varies according to the patient’s condition, so please contact us and we will provide you with a price quote.

 

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