What you can expect on the Surgery day

 

Upon entering our comfortable reception area, you will be greeted by our receptionists. Registration information will be requested and you can help yourself at our refreshments area for a beverage, cookies, and crackers.

One of our ophthalmic technicians will escort you into the measurements room where several painless tests will be performed in order to thoroughly confirm your candidacy. You will then be brought into an examining room where one of the center's doctors will examine your eyes, answer your questions and go over the procedure.

 

This is the Pre and Post-op room, where you will be escorted to immediately before and after your laser refractive surgery. Your eyelids will be cleaned and anesthetic drops will be placed in your eyes, before you enter the laser room.

Once you have been prepped for surgery and have had Ativan, an anti-anxiety pill, you will be escorted to the laser room where Dr. Pardos or Dr. Wang will re-examine your eyes and answer any last minute questions you may have.

The laser room staff will take you to the laser chair and Dr. Pardos or Dr. Wang will then guide you through the procedure. The only thing you will need to do during surgery is try your best to look towards a blinking red light.

 

If you wish, while you are in the laser room, your family is invited to view the procedure from our dedicated viewing area just outside the laser room. Whoever wishes to observe will be able to see the surgery on a tv screen from the perspective of the surgeon.

Upon the completion of surgery, you will again be escorted back into the post-op room and will be asked to close your eyes for 20 minutes.

After the 20 min period, you will be examined again prior to being discharged from the center

This completes your surgery experience at our center.