Refractive surgery is the set of surgical techniques used on millions of people worldwide to correct refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Essentially, these are procedures that adjust the focus of the eye so that we can see clearly without needing glasses or contact lenses. There are several different techniques, and each time the one that will offer the best result for each patient is selected. Thanks to technological advances and our experience, these techniques are completely safe and capable of meeting the needs of patients.

The main goal of refractive surgery is to change the curvature of the cornea by reshaping its surface using a laser. The result is that light is focused on the retina, giving us clear vision without glasses. At LVO, two systems are used for this purpose: the Excimer laser MEL90 Carl Zeiss Meditec (GERMANY) and the latest generation Intralase iFS Femtosecond Laser from AMO (USA). Both lasers are highly accurate and directional, capable of correcting the main refractive error (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) in the cornea, as well as errors that affect the detail of the focus (high-order aberrations).

In cases of patients with specific characteristics that do not allow laser treatment, or with very high refractive error, intraocular lens implantation or crystalline lens replacement surgery may be performed. In this case, the correction is performed inside the eye instead of on the surface and has equally good results.