Short-sightedness

Ideally the cornea, lens, retina and the length of the eyeball are precisely aligned with each other within the eye, so that a clear image can form on the retina. However, more than half of the population of Germany have one form of defective vision, e.g. short-sightedness. This may occur in otherwise healthy eyes, but they are not able to focus properly due to a “construction error“. Modern laser eye procedures today make it possible to live without glasses using minimally-invasive correction of short-sightedness.

How does short-sightedness occur?

If the eyeball is too long.

With short-sightedness (myopia), close objects appear in focus, but distant objects appear blurred. This comes from the situation where light entering the eye does not come together directly into the retina but just in front, as the eyeball is too long. The longer someone’s eyeball is, the more short-sighted they will be and the more distant objects will appear out of focus for them. The degree of short-sightedness is given in diopters with a minus sign. The higher the number, the greater the short-sightedness.

How can short-sightedness be treated?

Operations to correct short-sightedness are possible in the area of the cornea (corneal or laser procedures) and the lens (lens procedures):

With laser procedures, tissue is removed from the cornea, to compensate for the length of the eyeball. This requires the cornea to have a certain thickness and stability.

With lens procedures an artificial lens is inserted to change the behavior of the refraction. Lens procedures enable very large sight defects to be corrected, as this is not limited by the amount of corneal tissue that needs to be removed.

Various treatment procedures may be considered, depending on the type of defective vision you have:

Which procedure is the right one for me?

Not every eye is the same. The condition of the eye and the type of short-sightedness will determine which procedures are appropriate. As far as laser procedures are concerned, the SMILE method will be used in over 80% of cases today. It is the laser eye method for the next generation, as it does not use a flap, in comparison with the classic LASIK or even Femto-LASIK.

The best thing for you to do is to give us a call and arrange an appointment.
 

Laser eye surgery

 

SMILE
Short-sightedness
up to -10.0 dpt.

Astigmatism
up to 5.0 dpt.

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FEMTO-LASIK
Short-sightedness
up to -10.0 dpt.

Astigmatism
up to 5.0 dpt.

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LASEK
Short-sightedness
up to -6.0 dpt.

Astigmatism
up to 5.0 dpt.

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Lens operations

 

Refractive lens replacement
 
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Phake lens implants
 
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Lens procedures enable very defective vision to be treated, as there are no strict limits in terms of the number of diopters. However, the individual structure of the eye and the age of the patient are key factors when selecting the treatment method.

 

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