How to choose myopia surgery? Doctors recommend this!

There are many types of myopia surgery. Some friends who want to undergo myopia surgery are inevitably dazzled and don’t know how to choose. You might as well listen to the introduction of You Changtao, deputy director of Zhengzhou Aier Eye Hospital and director of the Refractive Department.

What are the types of myopia surgery? Friends who often pay attention to this question should be familiar with it. At present, the mainstream myopia surgery is mainly divided into two categories. One is the "subtractive" myopia surgery - laser myopia surgery; the other is the "additive" myopia surgery - ICL lens implantation.

Laser myopia surgeries currently include femtosecond myopia surgery, precision myopia surgery, Jingyi myopia surgery, etc. The specific operation methods, machines and types of lasers used vary according to the different surgical methods. But in general, they all use lasers to correct vision.

ICL lens implantation is different from laser myopia surgery. It corrects vision by implanting an artificial lens into the eye. It can also be understood as wearing a pair of "contact lenses" in the eyes that can be used permanently.

Which one is better? Many people will ask, which myopia surgery is the best? In fact, this concept is wrong. The reason why there are so many different myopia surgeries is not because one is better or worse, but because everyone's eye conditions are different, so different myopia surgeries are needed to correct vision. It's like some people are suitable for long hair and some people are suitable for short hair. There is no good or bad, only which one is more suitable.

You Changtao, deputy director of Zhengzhou Aier Eye Hospital and director of the refractive department, recommends that before undergoing myopia surgery, one should first undergo a preoperative examination to understand one's eye condition in detail, including checking vision; basic eye conditions, such as eye position, intraocular pressure, fundus, etc., to check whether there are any eye diseases that are not suitable for myopia surgery; it is also necessary to check the condition of the cornea... Finally, the doctor will determine which type of myopia surgery is more appropriate based on the eye condition.

Therefore, there is no need to worry too early about which type of myopia surgery to choose, but you can make a judgment based on preoperative examination.