Evening, Jen
I've not yet talked about expected correction, but he was confident that he could do pretty well. To be honest, I'd happily take even modest correction. It's definitely something I'll be asking him when I see him again, or at pre-op appointments. I'd be thrilled with 60-70% correction - it'd take me down to only 20-30 deg. curve!
With regard to your question about possible vision problems, Dr. Askin did speak to me about this, too. I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I think he put the odds at about 1 in 3,000. Perhaps I'm getting mixed up with other possible complications with that figure, but he did say it's quite uncommon. It can happen due to the pressure that builds up behind the eyes from being laid on the stomach for hours (9-10+ in my case). Any vision damage is to the peripheral vision (the edges of your vision fields), so wouldn't actually send a person "blind" in the traditional sense. As far as I remember, if this did occur, it can be in either one or both eyes. BUT - Dr. Askin did say they now use some type of head rest or something to help reduce the risk of it happening.
Hope this helps some. Goodnight
I've not yet talked about expected correction, but he was confident that he could do pretty well. To be honest, I'd happily take even modest correction. It's definitely something I'll be asking him when I see him again, or at pre-op appointments. I'd be thrilled with 60-70% correction - it'd take me down to only 20-30 deg. curve!
With regard to your question about possible vision problems, Dr. Askin did speak to me about this, too. I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I think he put the odds at about 1 in 3,000. Perhaps I'm getting mixed up with other possible complications with that figure, but he did say it's quite uncommon. It can happen due to the pressure that builds up behind the eyes from being laid on the stomach for hours (9-10+ in my case). Any vision damage is to the peripheral vision (the edges of your vision fields), so wouldn't actually send a person "blind" in the traditional sense. As far as I remember, if this did occur, it can be in either one or both eyes. BUT - Dr. Askin did say they now use some type of head rest or something to help reduce the risk of it happening.
Hope this helps some. Goodnight
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