LASIK Center

"Come vacation in Phuket and return home with clear vision"

LASIK refractive surgery is widely recognized as a safe and effective means of correcting near-sightedness, far-sightedness, and astigmatism. It has been accepted worldwide as a valid permanent alternative to glasses or contact lens wear and over two million people undergo the procedure each year with satisfying results.

LASIK can be both effective and affordable. Many find that the cost of replacing glasses and contact lenses can, over years, easily exceed the cost of LASIK Surgery Newer technologies, such as Wavefront, Eyetracking, and Iris Recognition, have made the surgical correction not only safe but also highly accurate and very reliable. In fact, the one-time LASIK procedure an be healthier for the eyes than decades of uncomfortable contact lens wear.

Technology

Bangkok Hospital Phuket LASIK Center provides you with a Specialist in corneal and refractive surgery and the latest Excimer Laser (Wavefront & Non-wavefront System). NIDEK EC-5000 CXIII (Excimer Laser) was approved by US.F.D.A about NAVAX 4th Generation LASIK. This ultra-modern machine has been developed to have more efficiency to over come various factors that some ex-models were unable to provide, such as, Eye Tracker System, adding more accurately Astigmatism correcting Program (TED), Multipoint laser program, Increased ability to save more corneal area, Reducing night vision problems, etc.

Bangkok Hospital Phuket LASIK Center ensures we will fulfill the patient's needs and confidence - we are able to provide you with the highest quality treatment.

Most patients find that they can combine an enjoyable vacation with their LASIK Surgery for less than the cost of LASIK in their own country.

Presbyopia

Presbyopia is a loss of flexibility of the crystalline lens of your eyes that causes a gradual progressive decrease in focusing ability. The loss of focusing ability results in an inability to see near objects and thus blurs your vision for near tasks such as reading. Presbyopia typically becomes noticeable between age forty and fifty and progressively worsens through age sixty-five. Currently there are 2 types of corneal laser eye surgery to correct Presbyopia and/or near vision: Monovision and Multifocal.

1. Monovison, is the correction of Presbyopia and/or near vision: one eye-usually the dominant eye-is corrected for distance vision and the other eye is corrected for near vision. Depending on the distance trying to see, your brain will again “select” the focus image and provide you with an approximation of concise-seamless vision. Statistically 1 in 10 people may not be satisfied, so your eyes should be stimulated by using glasses or contact-lens before operation.

2. Multifocal, is the correction of Presbyopia and/or near vision, which reshapes the cornea having multi-focus ability to provide far and near vision concurrently. However your brain must need 1-3 months to learn to “select” certain images and “suppress” other images depending on what you are trying to see. This requires some level of adaptation for most patients.

Type for eye sightedness correction

• LASIK
• PRK

Note:

• The difference between PRK and LASIK is how to shape the cornea. Microkeratome is used to create a flap for LASIK Surgery
• PRK is a proper procedure for only person whose cornea is not thick enough to create the flap for a LASIK Surgery
• The proper type for sightedness correction is advised by an ophthalmologist after complete eye examination

Specialists Team

Dr. Khemawan Vettayawikoon graduated from faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University (Siriraj), Bangkok. She achieved a certificate of Thai board of Ophthalmology from Rajvithi Hospital and a certificate of Specialist in Cornea and Refractive surgery from King Memorial Chulalongkorn Hospital.

She started her profession as a general practitioner in Suratthani Hospital, and joined Donsak Community Hospital and Bantakhun Community Hospital as Deputy Hospital Director. She later joined Patong hospital in Phuket before her specialized training of Ophthalmology at Rajvithi Hospital. Now she is a full-time doctor at Bangkok Hospital Phuket.

Her article of “Interobserver Agreement in the Interpretation of Single-Field Digital Fundus Images for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening” was published in journal Ophthalmology, 2004. She also attended the Asia-ARVO Meeting on research in vision and ophthalmology in Singapore in 2007. Now she is the member of the royal college of ophthalmologist of Thailand , and member of cornea society of Thailand.

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