Your Eye & what could happened to that

Many people often describe your eyes worked similar to camera in the recent technology. In the camera, light passes all the way through a lens system back onto the film. Your eyes consist of cornea and lenses at the front (anterior chamber) that act as a lens system and retina at the back (posterior chamber) that work as a film. Clear image is produced by the light rays of an object that go throughout to cornea and lens and are focused directly on the retina.

But one of these conditions could happen to your eyes:

1. Can only see object clearly at the close/ short distance

This condition is called Myopia (Nearsightedness). What happened is that the light rays are passed through the cornea and lens but the point at which they converge (focus) is in front of the retina, not on the retina. To correct this condition there is 2 options, first non surgical and second surgical treatment. Non- surgical treatment options for myopia include glasses and contact lenses. Surgical treatment is divided into two laser and non laser eye surgery. Surgical treatment options include ALK, clear lens extraction, LASEK, LASIK, LASEK, phakic IOL and RK. Before they do the treatment they should review in detail with their physicians to choose which treatment is the best one for patient’s eye condition because not all individuals are good candidates for specific procedures.

2. Can only see object clearly at a long distance/ far away.

This condition is called Hyperopia (Farsightedness). In a hyperopic eye, the light rays do not meet or focus by the time they reach the retina. Hyperopic patients can focus on more distant objects, but not images that are close at hand. To correct this condition there is two options non surgical and surgical treatment which is basically almost the same with number one above.

3. Astigmatism

With astigmatism, the rays of light do not meet into a single point but form a line on the retina. There are three types of astigmatism included regular, mixed and irregular astigmatism. Currently, Laser Eye Surgery in the US is approved for treatment of regular and mixed astigmatism. Latest advances in technology now allow for the therapeutic treatment of induced irregular astigmatism. In the future, this application may be expanded to take account of all types of irregular astigmatism.

4. Presbyopia

Presbyopia affects people as they come into their 40s. Caused by changes within the eye's crystalline lens as one ages, presbyopia affects everybody, and sooner or later everyone will need to put on reading glasses or bifocals. Presbyopia is not affected by the laser eye surgery.

Why should you choose an Ultralase to perform your eye surgery?

Yeah, why should you choose ultralase clinics to correct your vision by laser eye surgery? You should know there are many eye clinics out there in UK. They also offer many treatments to correct your vision.

Actually many reason but some of them can be figured out here:

1. Experience. Ultralase has performed for over 130000 laser eye surgeries (means more than 700 surgeries per months). Ultralase has been performing laser eye surgery since 1991 and identify that patients from these early days still have great unaided vision today. Although Laser eye surgery is a very safe and highly effective treatment, it still needs an experience & trained personnel.

2. Equipment. Ultralase is the only national clinic group in the UK to invest in lasers solely by Bausch & Lomb and we were the first in the UK to install the state-of-the-art Bausch & Lomb Zyoptix Z100 laser system. The Z100, which features unique Iris Recognition, wavefront capability and rapid reaction rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking, has been designed specifically for safety and accuracy. No other national provider in UK offers such leading-edge technology at all of its clinic locations. Lasers also operate at a faster rate, shortening time of treatment. Customized treatments. Faster. Safer. More accurate.

3. Interest free and easy payment option. As someone who's seriously considering laser eye surgery, you will already have been thinking about the advantages it can offer over the daily hassle of glasses and contact lenses. Replacement glasses aren't cheap. And, if you're a contact lens wearer, you'll know only too well about the ongoing expense of replacement lenses. When daily disposables can typically cost over £30 per month, month in - month out; year in - year out, the cost can very quickly mount up. Ultralase offers a number of easy payment options to help you spread the cost of our range of laser eye treatments (terms and condition apply).

4. Free consultation. An Ultralase laser eye consultation, which is free of charge, is so much more than a routine eye test. At consultation, you will see one of Ultralase fully qualified optometrists, who specialize in the assessment of patients for laser eye surgery. Ultralase use the latest equipment to find out whether someone could be suitable for laser eye treatment or not. Besides checking the health of your eyes, Ultralase will give the patients a completely personalized treatment plan, which summarizes the recommendation of which of Ultralase specialist treatments could be right for them.

5. Nation network of clinics. At previous post you can find ultralase clinics all over UK. But that's not all. Unique to Ultralase is Ultra-EyeCare™ - a nationwide network of over 500 independent Ultralase-accredited opticians, who have been specially trained to undertake Ultralase aftercare (post operative) appointments. This means that you can complete your aftercare at a location that's nearer to where you live.

6. Audited results. In 2003, Ultralase became the earliest laser eye provider in the UK to have its treatment outcomes and improvement rates verified by independent audit. Other clinics are yet to propose their data for analysis.

Where can you find an Ultralase clinics in UK?

Laser Eye surgery

Below is address of Ultralase clinics which is spread out in UK (Read previous post, Ultralase an overview). To do the laser eye surgery, You can choose the one that is nearest to your house. You can check the road map and direction to go, here!

Ultralase: BIRMINGHAM CLINIC 14 Highfield Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3DU Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 0121 456 2556	Ultralase: HAMMERSMITH CLINIC 3 Albion Place (Off Galena Road) Hammersmith London W6 0QT Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 020 8748 0671
Ultralase: BRISTOL CLINIC 10 Elmdale Road Tyndalls Park Clifton BS8 1SL Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 0117 954 4701	Ultralase: LEEDS CLINIC Airedale House 77-85 Albion Street Leeds LS1 5AW Tel: 0800 096 2070 Clinic Fax: 0113 244 1191
Ultralase: CARDIFF CLINIC 24 Windsor Place Cardiff CF10 3BY Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 02920 378718	Ultralase: MANCHESTER CLINIC 7 St John Street Manchester M3 4DN Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 0161 835 2974
Ultralase: CHELMSFORD CLINIC Marlborough House Victoria Road South Chelmsford CM1 1LN Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 01245 345260	Ultralase: NEWCASTLE CLINIC The St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle NE1 1RF Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 0191 261 2880
Ultralase: CHESTER CLINIC 1 Vicars Lane Chester CH1 1QX Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 01244 350316	Ultralase: ST ALBANS CLINIC 8-10 Upper Marlborough Road St Albans AL1 3UR Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 01727 855229
Ultralase: GLASGOW CLINIC Sentinel Building 103 Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 7BW Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 0141 285 0349	ULTRALASE at the 20/20 Optical Store 216-217 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 7PT Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 020 7436 5199
Ultralase: GUILDFORD CLINIC Elmdon House 116 London Road Guildford GU1 1TN Tel: 0800 096 2070 Fax: 01483 535794	Ultralase: READING Havell House 62-66 Queens Road Reading RG1 4AP Tel: 0800 096 2070

Ultralase Laser eye Surgery: Services that are offered

Laser Eye Surgery

Ultralase brief history had been explained in the previous post. Now, Do you know what ultralase offer to all of patients and its prospect? Below listed some of them:

1. Free Consultation

Ultralase provides free consultation which is not just an ordinary eye checking. Besides checking the health of your eyes to find out whether the patients suitable for laser eye treatment or not, ultralase will provide complete personalized treatment plan to all patients. What is that mean? Ultralase will give treatment summary that is most suitable for the patients. The patients will get some advices that are needed before doing the laser eye surgery/ treatment.

2. Laser Vision Correction

Ultralase laser eye surgery is a very safe and highly effective means of correcting short-sight, long-sight and astigmatism, with 98% of all Ultralase patients able to achieve minimum driving standard of vision or better. It offers:

• LASEK
  An improvement of the earliest laser eye surgery type (PRK, Photo Refractive Keratectomy), LASEK is a highly effective and reliable ‘surface’ treatment with excellent long-term safety. Features rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. £995 per eye.

• LASIK
  A more advanced technique, introduced in the mid-1990s, LASIK involves the design of a thin layer of corneal tissue, known as the ‘corneal flap’. LASIK is the most popular laser eye treatment worldwide. Features rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. £995 per eye.

• ULTRALASIK™/ULTRALASEK™
  Features tissue-sparing technology, This Ultralase treatments are especially appropriate for those with thinner corneas. £1,295 per eye.

• ULTRALASIKplus™/ULTRALASEKplus™
  Ultralase 'Ultra-plus' wavefront treatments are specially customised for each individual eye, and feature iris recognition, tissue-sparing technology and rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. Wavefront-guided treatments are proven by expert surgeons the world over to offer better outcomes and better overall quality of vision. £1,495 per eye.

• INTRALASE®
  Available as an upgrade to all LASIK-based treatments, the IntraLase® method creates the corneal flap using a laser rather than a mechanical microkeratome. Effectively eliminates intra-operative corneal flap complications. £300 per eye upgrade.*
  * in addition to cost of LASIK, UltraLASIK™ or UltraLASIKplus™.

3. Non Laser Treatments

Not all eyesight problems can be corrected by laser eye surgery as mentioned above. To find out about unsuitability check it here. Ultralase also provides services for that. Some of them are:

· INTRA-OCULAR LENSES (IOLs)

Ultralase offer a range of intra-ocular lenses designed for those for whom laser eye treatment may not be the most appropriate solution. UltraLENS, UltraLENSplus and UltraLENSpremier lenses available. Prices from £2,650 per eye.

· CATARACT REMOVAL

State-of-the-art procedure to remove cataracts. UltraLENS and UltraLENSplus lenses available. Prices from £2,650 per eye.

· ULTRA-CK

When people reach to his/ her mid-40s, they start to develop the age-related condition known as presbyopia, characterized by the need for reading glasses. Ultra-CK, standing for conductive keratoplasty, is a revolutionary procedure that uses radio waves - not laser beams - to shrink minute collagen fibres on the cornea (the surface of the eye), thereby helping to counteract the effect of presbyopia. £1,295 per eye.

Laser Eye Surgery in UK: Ultralase – an Overview.

Laser eye surgery

Ultralase is the leading provider of LASIK & Wavefront treatment in United Kingdom. At the first time established in UK (January 1991), it was a sister clinic to the Toronto Facility (Canada) and opened at Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral. This clinic having specialization in PRK (Photo-Refractive Ceratectomy; first type of laser eye surgery).

LASIK (LASer In-situ Keratomileusis) technique was first introduced at Ultralase in 1995. Beside that Ultralase also extending its treatment to thousands of patients suffering from long-sightedness, astigmatism and more extreme short-sightedness.

Untill 2002, Ultralase had opened many clinics around the country which was in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Guildford, Leeds City Centre, London (Hammersmith and Tottenham Court Road), Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and St Albans. An additional two clinics was built at Reading, in 2005 & Glasgow by the end of 2006.

Ultralase had gained many recognition and achievement which was:

• Achieving rankings in the Inner City 100 Index and the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 listings.
• Plain English Campaign's coveted Crystal Mark in 2004 Mark for the clarity of its brochure.
• November 2003, the first groups in the UK to install the Bausch & Lomb Zyoptix Z100 laser system throughout its clinics, offering Wavefront-guided treatment, iris recognition and multi-dimensional eye-tracking capability.
• May 2005, Ultralase performed its 100,000^th laser eye surgery, and with capacity for more than 2500 LASIK eye surgeries to be performed each month.
• June 2005, Ultralase's first intra-ocular eye surgery.
• Per August 2005, Ultralase has launched two new brands - Ultralase Vision Correction (continuing to specialize in laser eye treatment and other forms of vision correction) and Ultralase Medical Aesthetics (introducing cosmetic and aesthetic treatments) into the UK. The first Medical Aesthetics clinic is now open in Hammersmith, London. This makes Ultralase remain at the forefront of laser eye surgery in the UK due to their continuing investment in laser technology.
• June 2006, Ultralase introduces Intralase technology across the UK.
• September 2006, Ultra-CK (conductive keratoplasty), the non-laser treatment for presbyopia; a gradual loss of close-up focusing ability caused by natural ageing process, is launched in clinics.

LASIK Eye Surgery: A Definition

Laser eye surgery

The word LASIK means “Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis.” In situ is latin and means to deal with a phenomenon in place where it occurs, as opposed to outside of it’s environment. Keratomileusis is a surgical improvement of the refractive state of the cornea. It is performed by lifting up the front surface of the eye by forming a thin hinged flap, under which the shape of the cornea is changed by using some type of surgical device.

Excimer Lasers

LASIK eye surgery is therefore surgery that is done in order that a person who wears glasses or contact lenses should no longer be completely reliant on them to see. It is a medical procedure undertaken by a qualified opthamologist. The aim is to modify the shape of the cornea (the clear covering of the front of the eye) through use of an excimer laser. An excimer laser is a type of ultraviolet chemical laser that is unusually well focussed and capable of highly delicate control. Instead of burning away or cutting materials, an excimer laser intrroduces sufficient energy to disrupt molecular bonds of surface tissues. Effectively the tissue disintegrates in a controlled fashion through ablation rather than burning. Excimer lasers can remove very thin layers of surface material with almost no heating or change to the material which is left behind.

Flap Creation

When LASIK surgery is performed, a knife known as a microkeratome is inserted into the cornea and cuts a flap of skin. A human cornea measures from around 500 to 600 micrometres in thickness; the microkeratome creates a 100 to 200 micrometre thick flap. At one side of the flap is left a small piece of skin known as a hinge. The flap of skin is then gently folded back to show the stroma (otherwise known as the middle area of the cornea).

There are two types of microkeratomes currently in use, mechanical and laser. Both are affixed to the eye by use of a 360 degree vacuum ring, flatten the cornea with a clear plate, then cut the cornea underneath the plate.

Mechanical microkeratomes use a sharp thin metal blade. Laser microkeratomes are used in the IntraLasik procedure. They employ amplified light energy to form thousands of minute bubbles at a predetermined depth. These bubbles of water and carbon dioxide connect with each other create an incision.

Reshaping the Stroma

A laser that is controlled by a computer is then used to disintegrate a part (but not all) of the stroma and after that is finished, the flap of the cornea is fixed up and put back into place. New and more advanced ways of performing LASIK surgery are being looked at all of the time.

The purpose of eyeglasses and contact lenses is to compensate for the weaknesses of the eyes and to allow for vision that is as clear as can be. LASIK is a form of refractive eye surgery that is geared towards improving the eye’s ability to focus and not just focus, but also focus well on any object. When it comes to LASIK surgery, a laser is used to remove part of the tissue of the cornea and then it is reshaped in order to improve its ability to focus.

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