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Correction Procedures: intacs
Contraindications
If you have any of the following, INTACS surgery may not be a viable
option:
- Pregnancy or within 9 months post-partum
- Significant Eye Disease: (Refractive surgery usually cannot improve vision to a level that is better than what was achieved with glasses prior to the surgery.)
- Systemic disease likely to affect wound healing such as insulin-dependent diabetes or severe atopic disease.
- History of Herpes Simplex or Herpes Zoster
- Uncontrolled vascular disease or autoimmune disease.
- Use of isotetinoin (Accutane), amiodarine (Cordarone), or sumatriptan (Imitrex)
- Military personnel and applicants from other occupations where good uncorrected vision is a necessity should check with their superior prior to any refractive procedure to be sure that such procedure would not cause them to be ineligible for current or any future duties.
- Inability to cooperate during the procedure
- Unrealistic Expectations: (Remember, refractive surgery is designed to reduce or eliminate the need for glasses. While many patients will achieve perfect, or near perfect, vision after surgery, some patients will require glasses or contact lenses to achieve clearer distance and/or near vision.)
MORE INFORMATION
MORE INFORMATION
- what to expect during & after the procedure
- vision recovery statistics
- are you a candidate
- considerations
- contraindications
- adverse events
- costs & financing