Your Questions
With Optegra, no question goes unanswered. You will find some of our most frequently-asked questions below and for individual procedure questions you will them answered on the procedure pages; however, if you have a query or a concern that we have not covered, please call us on 0800 358 0825 or click here to contact us and we will do our very best to provide you with all the information you need.
We currently don't treat children at Optegra, so the minimum age for treatment is 18 years. There is no upper age limit.
The Optegra eye hospital is specially built, equipped and staffed so that we can focus purely on treating eye conditions. This enables us to ensure the best possible outcome for patients is achieved. Optegra has been equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and uses the latest technology for treating one area of the body only. It is difficult for general private hospitals, treating many different medical conditions, to achieve the same level of sophistication and dedication.
New Wavefront technology means more complex
prescriptions can now be treated with laser. If you are not suitable, Optegra offers the option of Intra Ocular Lenses (IOLs), cataract surgery and much more.
We provide rigorous eye examinations and analysis, you will see a clinical technican, our resident optometrist and your consultant surgeon. You should allow up to two hours for your consultation.
Research indicates that there is not a long-term detrimental effect on a patient's cornea after undergoing laser vision correction. A recent report in Optician Magazine (November 2009) states "Laser eye surgery does not seem to have long term effects on the cells that line the inside of the cornea....Researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota took photographs of corneal endothelial cells in 16 patients before they had PRK or LASIK procedures and then nine years afterwards. The annual rate of corneal loss was compared with 42 eyes of people who did not have laser surgery....The annual rate of cell loss, 0.6%, was the same in patients who had undergone surgery, as those who hadn't".
There are two lenses which are used at Optegra to treat suitable AMD candidates, the IOL-VIP (intraocular lens for visually impaired people) and the LMI lens. Whether you are suitable would depend on a number of factors, the obvious ones can be determined over the phone to one of our contact centre specialists, whilst most of the answers to your suitability would be found after going through a rigorous eye examination during your consultation at Optegra. Not every AMD patient is suitable, and this is why we try to find out as much as possible over the phone to save you a wasted journey if you are not suitable.