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Cirugía de córnea - Recovery

Nombres alternativos

Cirugía para miopía; Queratotomía radial; Cirugía refractiva

Después del procedimiento:

Usted puede usar gafas protectoras durante varios días. La recuperación total puede tardar varios meses. Será necesario que se abstenga de frotarse los ojos o presionarlos después de la cirugía.

Usted puede retornar rápidamente a la mayoría de las actividades. Sin embargo, evite golpearse los ojos o meterlos bajo el agua (nadando, por ejemplo) durante al menos 4 semanas. Duerma de espaldas para quitar la presión de los ojos.

No use ninguna loción, cremas ni maquillaje hasta por 2 semanas.

Pronóstico:

El procedimiento normalmente es indoloro. Usted debe tener un mejoramiento inmediato en la visión, pero pueden pasar varias semanas o meses para que su visión se vuelva estable.

La mayoría de las personas que se someten a este procedimiento tendrán visión cercana a 20/20 sin gafas. Aproximadamente 10% de las personas que se operan (10 de 100) aún necesitará gafas o lentes de contacto. Las complicaciones serias que empeoren la visión después de esta cirugía son muy poco frecuentes.

Las personas que necesitaban lentes bifocales antes de la cirugía todavía necesitarán gafas para leer después del procedimiento.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/17/2009
  • Paul B. Griggs, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle , WA . Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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