MY EXPERIENCE IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY, PART 1
Let’s start a series of posts about my experience in refractive eye surgery. Refractive surgery, which is now widely used all over the world, appeared in the Soviet Union. Today we’ll talk about radical keratotomy.
This procedure was invented by Professor Fedorov, and initially few surgeons did it, since not all doctors were allowed to perform this surgery. However, I've been doing it since 1985. At first, I operated a large number of people in the Soviet Union, and then moved to Italy. And I flew to all the cities of Italy to perform this procedure.
It was the only possible surgical operation to correct myopia and astigmatism in those days. Surgery itself implies not only intervention, but also the diagnostic selection of patients, and the correct optical calculation of how to perform this operation. The entire preparation for the procedure takes longer than the operation itself.
During the development of refractive surgery, I was always "on the edge of a surgical and scientific knife," so to speak. I’ve learned all the technologies from the beginning of the journey to these days. That's why me, my doctors and assistants can precisely determine whether an operation can be performed to help. And if it’s possible, which technology to choose in order to get the best result that will last for many years.
This procedure was invented by Professor Fedorov, and initially few surgeons did it, since not all doctors were allowed to perform this surgery. However, I've been doing it since 1985. At first, I operated a large number of people in the Soviet Union, and then moved to Italy. And I flew to all the cities of Italy to perform this procedure.
It was the only possible surgical operation to correct myopia and astigmatism in those days. Surgery itself implies not only intervention, but also the diagnostic selection of patients, and the correct optical calculation of how to perform this operation. The entire preparation for the procedure takes longer than the operation itself.
During the development of refractive surgery, I was always "on the edge of a surgical and scientific knife," so to speak. I’ve learned all the technologies from the beginning of the journey to these days. That's why me, my doctors and assistants can precisely determine whether an operation can be performed to help. And if it’s possible, which technology to choose in order to get the best result that will last for many years.