It is the first and foremost question or doubt arises after considering to go for Lasik surgery is whether this surgery is safe enough or not. This doubt and concern is important, since eyes are the most sensitive and important organ of the human body. Laser eye surgery is safe and effective and the same has been proved many times in many clinical studies and reports revealed by many medical authorities.
The patient can be reassured that today’s laser refractive eye surgery is a safe procedure. There are various surgery procedures and techniques developed and implemented for nearly 30 years and these procedures have been established very well. These procedures, like Lasik, PRK, SMILE and other procedures are proved to be safe and effective, when operated on the patients, who are qualified. So, including other important factors, qualification of the patient stands as important factor for safety and success of the surgery.
Studies and Reports
- NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) of the British National Health Service has researched and considered evidence of potential risks and effectiveness of the laser surgery. It stated that photorefractive or laser surgery for refractive error correction is effective and safe for use, when the patients are selected appropriately, according to the current evidences.
- FDA has reported that the laser refractive surgery procedures’ safely and effectiveness is not determined in the patients, who had been suffering from some kind of diseases.
- There are some experimental techniques performed for Lasik eye surgeries. For instance Lasik has been performed with IntraLase femtosecond laser. Even the newer and experimental techniques, there is no difference found in terms of efficacy and safety, compared to the Lasik surgery performed using blade or microkeratomes performed for myopia correction. But, using femtosecond laser has some potential advantages in terms of predictability.
- Some other studies have been conducted for the laser eye surgeries and the results are analyzed and reported as the following.
- More than 98% of the laser eye surgery patients are happy with the final surgery outcomes.
- More than 90% of the laser eye surgery patients have achieved the results perfectly, like 20/20 or more than that and almost all of the patients have achieved the vision that satisfies and meets the requirements of Australian legal driving.
- More than 98% of the patients haven’t lost vision clarity of less than 3 lines, in terms of corrected distance visual acuity.
When the surgery is performed the right person, in right way, followed by good post-operative care would ensure the surgery to be safe and effective.