There seems to be no end to where technology can take us. We all think nothing of using home PCs and the Internet these days and if we are tired of using contacts or eyeglasses in many cases we can just have laser eye surgery performed to eradicate the problem.

It is no secret these days that laser eye surgery can be in many cases a very good way for people to forego the struggle of having to live with bad eyesight.

On the other hand, like any other medical procedure or treatment, there are complications that can take place when having laser eye surgery.

Aside from the already publicly known risks in laser eye surgery, here are some of the other more dangerous rarer complications that are usually not talked about.

Possible complications that can take place in laser eye surgery

We’ve all heard about over and under correction associated with laser eye surgery, maybe some have heard of flap wrinkles too, but it is more than likely that you will not have heard of some of the more dangerous laser eye surgery complications such as central corneal Islands in the eyes.

In some cases the laser used during surgery doesn’t remove the tissue in a uniform manner and so areas of tissue end up raised up and form Central Corneal Islands. Luckily only 1% of patients generally suffer from this.

Your doctor may simply prescribe corrective contact lenses to cure this problem or you may be able to have more surgery to attempt to correct the problem.

Another complication can be DLK (diffuse lamellar keratitis). This generally happens when certain foreign bodies become trapped in the corneal flap.

Because of this, the patient could experience pain, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, or have the ongoing sensation that there has been something trapped inside his or her eyes.

When this occurs the patient’s doctor will in most cases subscribe an oral or topical medication and this should cure the problem.

Epithelial in-growths can grow under the patient’s corneal flap and in doing so cause significant vision problems.

Corneal ecstasia is a complication that takes place due to surgeon error. Essentially in these cases the surgeon either removes too much corneal tissue or he or she makes to bigger incision during the flap creation process.

At this moment there is not much that can be done when this complication takes place, other than a corneal transplant.

Although all of these complications can take place, the reality is that they are very rare. Before deciding whether to have laser eye surgery performed one should research all the available data on these complications and then make up their decision whether or not laser eye surgery is worth the risk for them.

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