May 12, 2010
Laser Eye Surgery Improvements
Twenty-year-old Samantha Smith has been wearing glasses since she was five and contacts since she was 13.
Her prescription — so strong she says she was legally blind.
But it wasn’t until recently, when her vision got in the way of a job that she decided it was time to make a change, and this is where laser eye surgery comes in.
“I had to get my corrected vision tested and my uncorrected vision tested and for that job I was basically too blind to do it,” said Samantha Smith.
Smith was told that her vision must be retested for her to be cleared for training as a mounted border patrol officer. So she called up Dr.Daniel Sambursky of the Laser Eye Center of the Southern Tier. The day after her surgery she says life is completely different.
“When I woke this morning, it really was amazing. It was a miracle that I could see,” said Smith.
Smith’s speedy results were achieved with the use of a new and safer procedure made possible with new technology.
“We use a tiny little beam, it’s less than a millimeter and it flies around in a special pattern. And it actually is applied 400 times per second and the time that the person is under the laser turns out to be just a matter of seconds,” said Dr. Daniel Sambursky.
This cutting edge technology is not only safer, it’s quicker, cutting procedure and recovery time in half.
“On average 8 to 12 minutes is what a patient would expect to spend under the laser from start to finish of the procedure,” said Dr. Sambursky.
Dr. Sambursky says that 14 post-op patients who came in for their day after check ups reported they’re feeling 100 percent.
“I would say every patient was 20/20 in at least one eye. The worse vision I saw was 20/25,” said Dr. Sambursky.
A life changing surgery that’s just gotten better being offered right here in the Southern Tier.