{"id":123289,"date":"2024-11-08T01:55:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123289"},"modified":"2024-11-08T01:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T18:55:56","slug":"first-laser-eye-op-to-give-patients-super-vision-with-better-than-20-20-eyesight-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123289","title":{"rendered":"First laser eye op to give patients &#8216;super-vision&#8217; &#8211; with better than 20\/20 eyesight after surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Patients with poor eyesight can achieve &#8216;super-vision&#8217; thanks to the first ever personalised eye surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The groundbreaking technology, performed for the first time in the UK today, creates a 3D digital clone of a patient&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Treatment is then tailored to meet their specific needs, achieving better results than with current standard prescriptions for glasses laser eye surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts believe it could become the standard treatment for thousands of patients treated for sight loss every year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The digital clone, called an &#8216;Eyevatar&#8217;, duplicates how an individual sees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This allows surgeons to operate virtually &#8216;many times over to perfect the results&#8217; before it is performed on the patient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Astonishingly, trials have suggested the treatment \u2014 which costs \u00a36,500 for both eyes \u2014 can result in better-than-20\/20 vision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trials found it had a 100 per cent success rate in achieving 20\/20 or &#8216;normal vision&#8217;, stopping the need for glasses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-76600ab4f9e2b558\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91809703-14055153-image-a-1_1730995746087.jpg\" height=\"973\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Patients with poor eyesight can achieve 'super-vision' thanks to the first ever personalised eye surgery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-76600ab4f9e2b558\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91809703-14055153-image-a-1_1730995746087.jpg\" height=\"973\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Patients with poor eyesight can achieve 'super-vision' thanks to the first ever personalised eye surgery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Patients with poor eyesight can achieve &#8216;super-vision&#8217; thanks to the first ever personalised eye surgery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6cd286350b99a858\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810035-14055153-image-a-3_1730996062622.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rebecca Hackworth, 50, underwent new laser surgery using the new technology - pictured above - that leaves some patients with better than 20\/20 vision\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6cd286350b99a858\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810035-14055153-image-a-3_1730996062622.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rebecca Hackworth, 50, underwent new laser surgery using the new technology - pictured above - that leaves some patients with better than 20\/20 vision\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rebecca Hackworth, 50, underwent new laser surgery using the new technology &#8211; pictured above &#8211; that leaves some patients with better than 20\/20 vision<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But half achieved 20\/12.5 vision, according to the findings published in the Journal of Cataract &amp; Refractive Surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This means they can they can see at 20ft what a person with normal vision needs to be 12.5ft away to see.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some eight per cent scored 20\/10 or &#8216;perfect vision&#8217;, generally only seen in one per cent of the population.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Early results suggest it may also boost night vision \u2014 something never seen in laser eye surgery before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ophthalmologist David Allamby, who carried out the procedure on six patients at London&#8217;s Focus Clinic yesterday, said it had the potential to &#8216;transform&#8217; corrective eye surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of the first patients to benefit is Rebecca Hackworth, who needed reading glasses to see text clearly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The communications director, 50, was also short-sighted which made things in the distance blurry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mr Allamby said he expects the results will mean she can now see perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ede9c63558fb759c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810045-14055153-image-a-4_1730996134910.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Patient Rebecca Hackworth, 50, pictured with David Allamby, ophthalmologist and director of Focus Clinics, London, who performed her surgery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ede9c63558fb759c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810045-14055153-image-a-4_1730996134910.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Patient Rebecca Hackworth, 50, pictured with David Allamby, ophthalmologist and director of Focus Clinics, London, who performed her surgery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Patient Rebecca Hackworth, 50, pictured with David Allamby, ophthalmologist and director of Focus Clinics, London, who performed her surgery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span>He said: &#8216;I think it went really well. I treated her right eye only with ray-tracing-guided LASIK to give her what we call blended vision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Her right eye will see very clearly for distance, and her left eye is left alone with mild myopia, which allows her to read without glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The result is clear distance and reading without any glasses.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He added: &#8216;The technology has been nearly 20 years in development and is a major leap forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It means we can now perform the surgery virtually and treat your eye many times over inside the computer to refine and remove aberrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The new ray-tracing procedure understands these optical imperfections and is able to adjust the laser treatment pattern to correct them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The implication is that this raises the bar on what we can achieve with laser eye surgery and will become the new standard for what patients expect from treatment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The technology is used as part of laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), the most common type of laser eye surgery in the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81ab08d96a8c65df\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91809751-14055153-image-a-2_1730995760105.jpg\" height=\"847\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Some patients achieved 20\/12.5 vision, meaning they can they can see at 20ft what a person with normal vision needs to be 12.5ft away to see\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81ab08d96a8c65df\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91809751-14055153-image-a-2_1730995760105.jpg\" height=\"847\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Some patients achieved 20\/12.5 vision, meaning they can they can see at 20ft what a person with normal vision needs to be 12.5ft away to see\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Some patients achieved 20\/12.5 vision, meaning they can they can see at 20ft what a person with normal vision needs to be 12.5ft away to see<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c50a4dee28f87c16\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810031-14055153-image-a-5_1730996315870.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The groundbreaking technology, performed for the first time in the UK today, creates a 3D digital clone of a patient's eyes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c50a4dee28f87c16\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/07\/16\/91810031-14055153-image-a-5_1730996315870.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The groundbreaking technology, performed for the first time in the UK today, creates a 3D digital clone of a patient's eyes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The groundbreaking technology, performed for the first time in the UK today, creates a 3D digital clone of a patient&#8217;s eyes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This uses lasers to reshape the cornea to correct vision problems like short-sightedness and astigmatism, using a uniform prescription in the same way glasses do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">With this precision treatment, a new Sightmap scanner first creates an &#8216;eyevatar&#8217; of a patient&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The digital twin then traces up to 2,000 rays of light to determine their path as they are refracted and focused by the cornea and lens inside the eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The laser eye treatment can then be customised so that all rays are focused properly onto the retina, achieving the best sight possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Today, the UK became the first country in Europe to routinely offer the procedure, at the clinic which is popular with celebrities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Allamby added: &#8216;It is really exciting technology. If it works how it has in the studies, it really well make a huge difference to a lot of people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I expect around three-quarters of patients to achieve 20\/12, and around 20 per cent will achieve 20\/10, binocularly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;That&#8217;s amazing, considering less than one per cent of humans can see this well.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14055153\/First-laser-eye-op-patients-super-vision-better-20-20-eyesight-surgery.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients with poor eyesight can achieve &#8216;super-vision&#8217; thanks to the first ever personalised eye surgery. 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