How to Choose the Right Surgeon

The Surgeon’s Skill is the Single Most Important Factor Determining Excellent LASIK Outcomes.

The surgeon you choose to perform your LASIK surgery is the most significant factor influencing the results of your procedure. The excimer laser is a sophisticated, high-tech tool, but your surgeon’s skill and careful judgement before and while operating that tool is what makes the difference between excellent and mediocre, or even poor, outcomes. The accuracy and precision of the surgeon’s manipulation of the surgical instruments involved in LASIK are the keys to highly successful results. Many eye surgeons practice LASIK, but not all of them have the experience, skill, and track record of successful surgeries that you should expect. Choosing your surgeon on the basis of cost alone is simply risking too much—your vision itself is at stake.

Your choice of surgeon is critical.

Laser vision correction surgery is a highly skilled medical specialty. Although LASIK is a brief procedure overall, the unerring skillfulness of the surgeon during every second of the surgery is essential to its outcome. Carefully assess the experience of the surgeon before making your choice. A surgeon who performs laser vision correction surgery consistently is likely to be better skilled than one who has only intermittent experience with the procedure. LASIK cannot be mastered overnight. Experience with a high number of cases is the only way to achieve consistently good results. Make sure you choose a proficient and experienced LASIK specialist; your eyes are too important to risk with anyone else.

Safety and risks.

No discussion of vision correction surgery is complete without the consideration of potential risks. Prior to each procedure, is a complete discussion of possible side effects. It is important to realize that success cannot be guaranteed and that side effects and complications are possible. However, severe complications are extremely rare.

Here are several ways to know you're making the right choice.

You want a surgeon who specializes in refractive surgery, an expert in a demanding field. You want an experienced specialist who is focused, skilled and proficient in all of the related medical procedures, technologies and surgical techniques used to successfully treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Look for a Surgeon who specializes in laser vision correction.

In addition to being board certified and having the same training as other general eye surgeons, Dr. Imperia further specialized in the cornea - the tissue in the front of the eye that LASIK is performed on - by completing an additional year of intensive surgical training. This additional training, coupled with many years of refractive surgery experience, makes him especially skilled and qualified to perform this procedure.

Dr. Paul Imperia understands your goal. He has performed refractive surgery on more than 20,000 eyes. He works with the same select medical and support staff consistently, so you can count on a seasoned, tightly knit surgical team who have your best care as their entire objective.

Look for a surgeon who insists on exacting standards.

The quality of the equipment matters very much. Not all excimer lasers used in laser vision correction are alike. Not all are approved by the FDA. Dr. Imperia uses only his own technically advanced, FDA-approved and expertly-maintained laser devices in a facility especially designed to perform laser vision surgery.

Look for a surgeon who will provide follow up care and consultation.

You can rely on Dr. Imperia's interest in you and your vision needs long after your vision correction procedure is completed. Regardless of where you live, he will continue to work closely with your own local eye doctor if you desire to ensure the quality of your pre- and post-surgical care.

Look for a surgeon willing to follow through, now and in the future.

You deserve a surgeon who stands by his work. Should it become necessary in time, Dr. Imperia will further correct your vision.

Look for a surgeon who believes in the procedure enough to have it done himself.

Dr. Imperia is among the more than one-million people enjoying the benefits of laser vision correction. His -6.50 myopia was corrected to 20/20 vision. He understands the questions and issues you have when considering laser vision correction and can respond with the absolute confidence of someone who's experienced it first-hand.

When more than 450 other eye doctors, their staffs and families looked for the right surgeon to perform their own laser vision correction, they selected Dr. Imperia. It's a confident choice you can make, too.

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