Corneal Surgery
Alternate Names : Nearsightedness Surgery, Radial Keratotomy, Refractive Surgery
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Corneal Surgery: Risks
General anesthesia is not used. The cornea has no blood vessels and bleeding does not occur.
However, after surgery some patients experience the following symptoms:
- fluctuating vision, including halos around lights.
- under-correction or over-correction
- infections of the cornea which can result in permanent vision loss (unusual)
- scar of the flap incision which can result in permanent vision loss (unusual)
- difficulty seeing at night due to glare (light sensitivity)
- dislodgement of the flap, even long after surgery
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