Dr. Boothe Treatments
The incidence of refractive surgery patients having unresolved complications six months after surgery has been estimated from 3%[5] to 6%.[6] The risk for a patient of suffering from disturbing visual side effects like halos, double vision (ghosting), loss of contrast sensitivity (foggy vision) and glare after LASIK depends on the degree of ametropia before the laser eye surgery and other risk factors.[7] For this reason, it is important to take into account the individual risk potential of a patient and not just the average probability for all patients.[8] The following are some of the more frequently reported complications of LASIK[9][5]:
- Surgery induced dry eyes
- Overcorrection[10] or undercorrection
- Visual acuity fluctuation
- Halos[11] or starbursts[12] around light sources at night
- Light sensitivity
- Ghost images[13] or double vision
- Wrinkles in flap (striae)[14]
- Decentered ablation
- Debris or growth under flap
- Thin or buttonhole flap [15]
- Induced astigmatism
- Corneal Ectasia
- Floaters
- Epithelium erosion
- Posterior vitreous detachment[16]
- Macular hole[17]