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Eye Surgery

Guides explaining how cataract, laser vision correction, near-vision surgery, corneal transplant and eyelid operations are performed, who they suit and what recovery involves.

  • 35 procedures
  • In English and Turkish
  • Written by the doctor
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Cataract Standard Cataract Surgery (Phaco) The causes, symptoms and diagnosis of cataract, how phacoemulsification is performed step by step, the choice of intraocular lens and care after surgery. 6 min read Read Cataract Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery (Femto Phaco) Cataract surgery in which the incision and capsule opening are made with a femtosecond laser: the procedure, possible complications, lens types and recovery. 6 min read Read Intraocular Lens Surgery Refractive Lens Exchange For prescriptions too high for laser in people over 40: replacing the eye’s own lens with an artificial one. 3 min read Read Presbyopia Surgery Trifocal (Smart) Intraocular Lens An option for reducing the need for reading glasses after forty: a smart lens that provides distance, intermediate and near vision. 3 min read Read Presbyopia Surgery KAMRA Inlay Restoring near vision in one eye with a small disc with a hole in its centre, placed in the cornea — a reversible method. 1 min read Read Presbyopia Surgery Monovision One eye set for near and the other for distance: who it suits, how it is done and its possible drawbacks. 1 min read Read Presbyopia Surgery PresbyLASIK A laser treatment applied to one eye for near-vision loss after forty, and its limits. 1 min read Read Laser Vision Correction Femto-LASIK (Femtosecond Laser, IntraLASIK) Bladeless laser treatment: who can have it, the tests beforehand, the steps of the procedure, recovery and success rates. 4 min read Read Laser Vision Correction Personalised LASIK (i-LASIK) Laser treatment planned from a three-dimensional map of the eye, correcting personal optical defects (aberrations) as well. 5 min read Read Laser Vision Correction SMILE A laser technique without a flap: how it works, and its strengths and weaknesses compared with LASIK. 1 min read Read Laser Vision Correction PRK Surface laser treatment used when the cornea is too thin for LASIK: the procedure, recovery and possible complications. 2 min read Read Laser Vision Correction LASEK A surface laser technique in which the epithelium is loosened with alcohol and laid back afterwards. 2 min read Read