Conductive
Keratoplasty (CK)
is the only procedure designed for farsightedness that uses
radio frequency energy instead of a laser to correct your vision.
Approved by the FDA in 2002 after five years of successful clinical
trials in the US and abroad, CK has proven to be a safe, effective
alternative to laser surgery.
CK
is considered painless. Once finished, you don't have to wear
a patch and can usually return to work the next day. Vision
continues to improve over the course of the first week.
What
results can I expect?
Near Vision Improvement
Two-thirds of our patients have good distance vision and
want to improve their near vision. As a result, they only
require CK in one eye. While this sounds odd, it is a
technique used widely in contact lenses and Flask for
patients over age 40. The advantage with CK is that the
improvement in near vision comes with very little change
in distance vision in the treated eye. It is similar to
the sound you hear from stereo speakers. A different sound
comes from each one, but they work together to provide
the entire range of sound. That is what you want to happen
with your vision - to see a more complete range of distance
and near again.
Our
goal in offering CK is to restore functional near vision for
those who are over 40. For our patients, the average improvement
in near vision is demonstrated below. For these same patients,
on average, they lose no distance vision binocularly.
Distance Vision Improvement
The remaining one-third of our patients require CK in both
eyes. They have become more farsighted with age, and benefit
from having treatment in one eye to sharpen their distance
vision, and treatment in the other eye to sharpen their
near vision. These patients experience the same improvement
as demonstrated above in near vision, and improve on average
from 20/40 to 20/20 at distance. Our specific outcomes are
updated monthly, and you will be provided with specific
improvement results for our patients at your CK consultation.
