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Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) in Cincinnati Ohio
The MidWest EyeCenter is now helping Cincinnati, Ohio area patients who, like 60 million other Americans, have difficulty reading and seeing at night.
Are you tired of relying on glasses to perform simple daily functions?
Midwest Eye center now offers a form of vision correction called Conductive Keratoplasty in Cincinnati, Ohio. Conductive Keratoplasty, also known as CK, is a non-laser procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to shrink collagen tissue within the cornea to treat low to moderate farsightedness and presbyopia.
Our conductive keratoplasty techniques are focused on making the cornea more functional. Using a controlled release of radiofrequency energy into the stroma (the third layer of cornea), the temperature of the corneal tissue is increased, which makes the cornea steeper and increases its focusing power.
CK is for those who:
- are tired of reading glasses
- have difficulty with close vision
- are at least 40 years of age
- have not had a significant change in their distance vision for one year
- have no health issues affecting their eyes
- are not pregnant or nursing
What to expect on surgery day:
At the MidWest EyeCenter CK is performed in our Cincinnati, Ohio outpatient surgical facilities. Your eyes will be numbed with powerful eye drop anesthesia and your eyelids will be held in place with eyelid holders to prevent you from blinking during the procedure.
Conductive Keratoplasty in Cincinnati, Ohio is performed while the patient is sitting upright, as if undergoing an eye exam. You will be asked to look at the microscope light and your eye will be marked with a series of dots. Your CK surgeon will then touch the dots with a probe making a full circle around the outer margins of the cornea. Depending on the individual CK Cincinnati Ohio procedure, 8 to 32 dots will be marked for varying levels of correction needed. Each dot will be touched, as heat from the radio waves shrink the tissue, producing a tightening effect that creates a more curved cornea.
Following the Conductive Keratoplasty Cincinnati, Ohio procedure, your eyes will be examined by your CK surgeon. You are then cleared to go home and all patitents are recommended to relax. You may experience scratchiness and/or excessive watering of the eyes in the couple days following the procedure. Full results may not take effect for a few weeks or several months. Typically, normal activites are resumed within a day or two as your near vision improves immediately.
Realistic expectations:
Only you can make the important decision to have Concductive Keratoplasty surgery. Our CK surgery Cincinnati Ohio patients enjoy the comfort of being able to perform daily activities without corrective lenses. In fact, the goal of any Conductive Keratoplasty surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio is to reduce your dependence on corrective lenses. Nearly all MidWest EyeCenter patients are overjoyed with their vision after CK surgery procedure. CK has been approved to treat farsightedness between +.75 and +3.00 Diopters. When CK is used to correct presbyopia, it is considered an off-label use of an approved medical device.
Only after a thorough eye exam, will you and your doctor be able to determine if Conductive Keratoplasty in Cincinnati, Ohio is an option for you. If you prove to be a good CK surgery candidate, and you wish to have Concductive Keratoplasty you will be given additional information about the CK surgery procedure. This will enable you to make an educated decision about whether or not to proceed. It is vitally important to be sure that you have all your questions answered to your satisfaction.