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Eye diseases, Hyperopia

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Eye diseases

Farsightedness (Hyperopia)

In the eye affected by hyperopia, the light coming from external objects is focused behind the retina. The hyperopic patient will notice more difficulties in near vision, and from 40 years of age onwards in both near and far vision (Fig.1-2).		eye affected by hyperopia

Hyperopia comes about when the eyeball is shorter than normal, or when the cornea is flatter than normal (Fig.3-4).		hyperopia

To make the light rays focus on the retina, one can use eyeglasses with corrective positive lenses (Fig.5) or contact lenses, but the more recent options in the correction of hyperopia are laser interventions (Fig.6-7-8). The laser operation accentuates the corneal curve and brings the focus once again on the retina (fig.9-10). Such curving can be done both with the LASIK or PRK laser techniques.		correction of hyperopia, laser interventions

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Refractive Surgery

Lasik

Dr. Appiotti performs surgery with the LASIK technique, and the PRK NIDEK EC-5000 and VISX S4 excimer lasers for the permanent correction of visual defects.

PRK

Dr. Angelo Appiotti performs surgery for the permanent correction of visual defects through the use of excimer NIDEK EC-5000 lasers, and VISX S4, PRK and LASIK.

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