John Hill Eye Laser Centre
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Overview
16 Wilderness Road, Claremont, Southern Suburbs, Cape Townphone: view phone+27 21 683-0369
fax: view fax+27 21 683-7372
website: http://www.eyelaser.co.za
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Description
A new major advance in laser eye surgery The Excimer Laser has been hailed as probably the greatest advance yet made in eye surgery; revolutionizing the lives of millions of patients by allowing them to discard, or be less dependent on, their glasses and contact lenses. The original excimer lasers were excellent and many are still in use today eight years later. But technology continues to improve and we have seen the introduction of small spot scanning lasers that are gentler to the eye, and eye tracking systems that "lock" the laser onto the eye and follow its movements thus accurately placing treatment without relying on the patient to fixate a target. Older lasers change the shape of the cornea in a standard fashion depending on the refraction of the patient only. An exciting new development is the introduction of "customized" ablation; in this technique 3-D contour maps are made of the corneal surface and the information is fed directly into the laser, which then selectively treats each part of the individual cornea to create a perfect surface and best possible vision result. This sophisticated technology and the delicate surgical skills needed to administer it, require the meticulous care of a dedicated team. The John Hill Eye & Laser Centre, a centre situated in Claremont, is devoted solely to the treatment of visual problems with the very latest Excimer Laser and other sophisticated technology. For a free assessment telephone them on 021 6830369.
