Specialities
Dr Chris Rogers an eye surgeon with extensive experience in Ophthalmology and Laser Refractive Eye Surgery and is considered an authority in these fields by numerous laser eye surgery doctors, a corneal specialist who has refined his skills in refractive surgery.
The Role of the Ophthalmologist:
An ophthalmologist is a doctor that specialises in eyes, their functions and problems assocaited with vision and the eyes. An ophthalmologist’s role is to diagnose and treat diseases and problems relating to vision and the eyes.
What is Laser Refractive Eye Surgery?
Eye surgery is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and greatly decrease or fully eliminate a persons dependency on corrective lens or contact lens. Included is various methods of surgical reshaping the cornea or cataract surgery. The most common of these methods use today is a excimer lasers to reshape curvature to the cornea. Refractive eye surgery can widely reduce or cure vision disorders such as Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism
What are Common Refractive Errors?
Myopia
Common when the eye displays abnormally strong focusing power, light will focus in front of the retina instead of on it, creating a refractive error known as myopia, or nearsightedness, resulting in impaired vision when focusing on objects in a distance clearly.
Hyperopia
Common when the cornea and lens lack focusing power, light focus pass the retina. creating a refractive error known as hyperopia, or farsightedness, resulting in impaired vision when focusing on close objects clearly.
Astigmatism
Common when the curve of the cornea is uneven. This uneven curve causes light to focus on different points on the retina, distorting both near and far vision.
What is laser eye surgery?
Laser eye surgery is a general term which relates to a technique in which a cool blue beam of light is used to reshape the surface of the eye (cornea). The reshaping can be done beneath the flap (IntraLase Lasik) or on the surface (PRK/ASLA).
Laser vision corection is used to treat irregular or misshapen corneas. These are optical errors of the eye which have traditionally been treated with prescription glasses and/or contact lenses.
