Shanghai Eye Hospital myopic surgery for what age?
With the change of modern life style and the popularization of electronic products, myopia is becoming more and more serious worldwide. Most myopic patients hope to get rid of the shackles of glasses or contact lenses through surgery. As a famous ophthalmic hospital in China, Shanghai Eye Hospital provides a variety of myopic surgery programs. However, ophthalmologists generally believe that the age suitable for myopia surgery is limited. The following will elaborate from four aspects: physiological characteristics, eye health, surgical stability and patient cooperation.
Physiological characteristics
The suitable age for myopic surgery is closely related to the physiological characteristics of patients. Generally speaking, teenagers and adults with stable eyeball development can consider myopia surgery. Juvenile eyeballs are basically mature between 13 and 18 years old, and myopic diopter is relatively stable. The vision of patients in this age group recovers quickly after surgery. In adults, the eyeball development is stable, and the postoperative vision recovery is relatively slow, but the surgical stability is high, and postoperative recurrence is not easy to occur. Therefore, Shanghai Eye Hospital recommends myopia surgery for adolescents and adults over 13 years old.
However, it should be noted that the degree of myopia will change during eye development. Therefore, adolescents need to undergo strict screening and evaluation to ensure that surgery can be considered after the significant growth of myopia stops.
Eye health
Eye health is one of the important factors for surgery. For example, Shanghai Eye Hospital will first conduct a comprehensive ophthalmic examination of patients to rule out the existence of corneal diseases, dry eyes, conjunctivitis and other problems. If the patient has eye disease or chronic inflammation, the effect and risk of surgery may be affected. In addition, if the patient has other eye diseases, such as glaucoma, cataract, etc., these problems need to be treated before myopia surgery.
At the same time, the eyeball thickness of the patient is also one of the important indicators to consider the suitability of surgery. Because myopia surgery mainly changes the refraction of the eyeball by removing the tissue on the cornea with a laser, the appropriate range of eyeball thickness is one of the prerequisites for surgery.
Surgical stability
The stability of surgery means whether the degree of myopia will recur after surgery. Although the success rate of myopia surgery is high, there is still a certain risk of recurrence. Generally speaking, patients with slow and stable myopic degree growth are suitable for surgery. Therefore, Shanghai Eye Hospital will consider the change trend and stability of patients' myopia degree when assessing the suitability of patients.
In addition, the operation mode will also affect the stability of the operation. Traditional corneal refractive surgery (such as LASIK) is suitable for patients with low and stable myopia, while surface laser therapy (such as PRK) is suitable for patients with high myopia or other eye problems.
Patient cooperation
Patient cooperation is one of the important factors that affect the operation effect. During the recovery period after surgery, the patient needs a series of reexamination and maintenance, and eye care with the guidance of the doctor. Therefore, patients' cooperation and willingness to treat are important considerations for patients' suitability for surgery.
In a word, the suitable age for myopic surgery in Shanghai Eye Hospital mainly depends on the physiological characteristics of patients, eye health, surgical stability, patient cooperation and other factors. Teenagers and adults are the main population for myopia surgery, but each person's situation is different, and comprehensive evaluation and decision-making need to be carried out under the guidance of doctors.
Summary
By elaborating on the suitable age for myopia surgery in Shanghai Eye Hospital, we know that the suitable age for myopia surgery is related to the physiological characteristics of patients, eye health, surgical stability and patient cooperation. Teenagers and adults over 13 years old are the main population for myopia surgery, but each person's situation is different, and comprehensive evaluation needs to be conducted under the guidance of doctors. Through reasonable selection of operation mode and active cooperation of patients, the stability of operation effect can be improved, and patients can get rid of myopia and improve their quality of life.
