Supersight Surgery

[Motjuck]

Hello !

Does anybody knows about the new surgery they do at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

SuperSight Surgery?

I am considering cataract operation but i just herd about this surgery.

If anyone knows about this pleas post a message.

Soon sight like an Eagle.

Regards

Motjuck

Edited April 27, 2005 by Motjuck

[jimbbc]

My buddy had it done about a month ago. He says he has a new "outlook" on life. Tells me he is extremely happy. He's a very private guy so If you want to talk to him, ask and I'll have to ask him. He live is Pattaya.

[retiredusn]

Had mine done (right eye) and have never seen better. I am now planning on the left eye being done in Oct.. Chanthaburi Bangkok Hospital

[Jingthing]

I am not clear that supersight surgery is suitable for people with existing cataracts.

[Sheryl]

I am not clear that supersight surgery is suitable for people with existing cataracts.

AFAIK it is not, it is an elective procedure to cotrrect refraction errors.

[Jingthing]

I am not clear that supersight surgery is suitable for people with existing cataracts.

AFAIK it is not, it is an elective procedure to cotrrect refraction errors.

Here is where I am confused. I think the old lens is removed and replaced with a multi-focus lens. That is the same operation it seems as for cataracts when using a multi-focus lens.

The surgical procedure used is identical to the proven safe and effective procedure used for cataract surgery.

http://www.supersightsurgery.com/index.php...729&Ntype=2

BTW, I did contact their office with questions and in reply got a marketing form letter, totally ignoring my questions. Not a good first impression.

Edited August 13, 2009 by Jingthing

[Mighty Mouse]

Any others who have had this procedure done, could you please inform me if you experience a halo effect whilst driving at night and looking at the oncoming headlights of cars.

Is your night time vision as good as your new day time vision?

Thanks for this advice.

[Sheryl]

The implanting of an artifical lens aspect is similiar to what is done in cataract surgery, yes.

However when done for refractive purposes, it is called a "Refractive lensectomy" or "Clear Lens Extractuion". "SuperSight" is a term that as far as I can tell has been coined for promotional purposes by a doctor at BPH.

Since it involves the total removal of the lens of the eye and implantation of a prosthetoc (artifical) lens it is a considerably more extensive procedure than Lasik, in which the curvature of the natural lens is modified with a laser. Anyone considering this for refractive purposes should carefuilly read up on the indications and pros and cons of this versus Lasik. It is not the case that this approach is always better than Lasik, altho there are situations in which, for a specific patient, it is a better option.

What concerns me about Pete's post is the apparent aggressive marketing for an elective procedure by a hospital.

From a medical perspective, operating on an otherwise healthy eye is sort of in the same category as plastic surgery: surgical risks incurred for a medically unnecessary procedure because the patient feels the risks are worth the potential benefit to their quality of life. To perform such procedures on well informed patients who make that choice is one thing, but to actively promote the surgery and try to persuade people to have it is quite another. Also the coining and use of the term "SuperSight" with all that the name implies seems questionable to me. If you google "refractive lensectomy" yopu will find many websites for eye hospitals and clinics which offer the procedure but present it in a more factual and low key manner, not as something which is the best or the latest but rather as one of several options each of which have their own pluses, minuses and indications.

I note that the OP apparently has a cataract. Should not confuse these two things as they pertain to very different situations. One is elective surgery on a (medically) normal eye to improve refraction (decrease near or far-sightedness) using a technique properly called Refractive Lensectomy or Clear Kens Extraction as an alterbnatuive to LASIK.

The other is a medically necessary removal of a diseased elns (cataract) followed by implantation of an artifical lens, of whcioh there are several types available, eachj of these also with their pros and cons.

We currently have another thread running on cataracts. To try to minimize confusion I am going to edit the sub-title on this thread and try to keep it on track as a discussion of refractive lensectomy, with discussion of cataract surgery in the catarct thread.