During surgery, the laser affects the cornea, changing its shape in such a way as to correct refractive errors. As a result, the focusing of light on the retina improves, and the patient begins to see clearly and clearly without glasses or contact lenses.
What is Femto Lasik Vision Correction?
This is a modern method of treating refractive disorders, in which the shape of the cornea is changed using a unique femtosecond laser.
Dr. Elias is the first Ophthalmologist in Russia to be recognized by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is also one of the founding directors of the newly formed Russian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, which is affiliated with the American Surgical Society. He is the director of the Ophthalmology Laser Surgery Center at the EMC, equipped with the latest computerized laser for vision correction – a first in Russia. Dr.Elias has been in charge of the EMC ophthalmology department since 1996.
Specialized in laser vision correction operations, as well as surgical treatment of various pathologies of the eye.
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Preparation for the operation and carrying out
Preoperative examination
- Nearsightedness (myopia) up to -20 diopters. Hyperopia (hyperopia) up to +6 diopters.
- Astigmatism up to-6 diopters.
- Age-related hyperopia.
- A combination of several of these pathologies.
- Inflammatory and infectious diseases of the eyes.
- Cataracts, glaucoma, and other serious eye diseases.
- Insufficient thickness of the cornea.
- Diabetes and other systemic diseases that can slow down the healing process.
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding period.
- Age under 18 or over 65 years old.
Preparation for the diagnosis
Необходимо пройти полное офтальмологическое обследование, включающее проверку остроты зрения, измерение внутриглазного давления и топографию роговицы.
Следует отказаться от ношения контактных линз, чтобы роговица восстановила свою естественную форму. Накануне рекомендуется исключить алкогольные напитки
Нужно отказаться от макияжа, парфюмерии и крема для лица. Рекомендуется взять с собой солнечные очки, позавтракать и не садиться самостоятельно за руль. Приехать лучше на такси или в сопровождении родственников или друзей.
- The need to use eye drops that will be prescribed by a doctor. This will help speed up the healing process and reduce discomfort after surgery.
- Restriction of physical activity and sports during the first weeks after surgery.
- Refusal to swim in open reservoirs and pools during the week. A ban on the use of cosmetics during the first weeks after surgery.
- Feeling of dryness or lacrimation;
- Increased photosensitivity;
- Distortion of the perception of light sources, mainly at night;
Usually these symptoms can be successfully eliminated under the supervision of a specialist.
Ophthalmologists
- Performs vision correction surgery
- He graduated from the MNTC "Eye Microsurgery" named after S.N.Fedorov. He has interned in various foreign clinics
- He worked in foreign clinics: Moorfields Eye Hospital,Heidelberg University Hospital,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux