Are you suitable for laser eye surgery? First of all: we can treat 99% of the patients who contact us.
However, if you are not suitable for a surgical procedure, we will tell you this and unfortunately have to turn you away as a patient.
This is a matter of course for us as serious eye surgeons.
However, we will of course do everything in our power to improve your visual performance.
At EyeLaser, the decision is in the hands of specialists.
No two eyes are the same.
Our top priority is therefore to determine your vision or defective vision as accurately as possible.
To do this, we only use state-of-the-art technology and highly qualified personnel for the initial preliminary examination. There are different methods for the surgical correction of visual defects.
Not everyone is suitable for classic laser eye treatment.
However, there are alternatives such as lens implantation, which can also be considered for more pronounced visual defects or corneas that are too thin or irregular. In principle, you should fulfill the following criteria for an eye operation:

• You are of legal age, i.e. at least 18 years old.
• Your visual acuity has been stable for at least one year.
• Your eye is healthy, there are no relevant eye diseases.
• You are in a generally good state of health.

If you meet these criteria, you are generally eligible for laser eye surgery and we can determine which treatment method is most suitable for you during a consultation and preliminary examination.
The following methods are recommended depending on your specific visual defect: Laser eye surgery for short-sightedness up to approx. -10 diopters Femto-LASIK/LASIK/SmartSight up to approx. -6 diopters Femto-LASIK/LASIK/LASEK/SmartSight approx. -6 to -25 diopters Phakic lenses (ICLs) / lens exchange Laser eye surgery for long-sightedness up to max.
+4 diopters Femto-LASIK / LASIK / Phakic lenses (ICLs) / lens replacement approx. +5 to +10 diopters Phake lenses (ICLs) / lens exchange Laser eye surgery for astigmatism up to 5 diopters Femto-LASIK/LASIK/LASEK/Phake lenses/lens exchange/SmartSight Laser eye surgery for presbyopia without other visual defects PresbyMax / Femto-LASIK/Monovision/Lens Exchange Hyperopia/Myopia +3 to -5 dpt PresbyMax / Femto-LASIK / Monovision/ Presbyopia-LASIK All visual defects Lens exchange with monofocal/multifocal implants from Physiol,Zeiss, Precizon Presbyopic, Hoya or Panoptix (Alcon) On the respective subpages you can find detailed information about the visual defects and the appropriate methods to correct them.
We would also be happy to advise you personally.
Simply arrange a free initial consultation.

One of our basic principles is to always work at the cutting edge of technology.
Why?
Because this not only makes the operation less complicated for us, but above all for you.
In our laser eye surgery practice for refractive and intraocular eye surgery, we therefore only use the highest quality and most modern devices on the market and we maintain them meticulously.
The femtosecond laser The femtosecond laser is an infrared laser and is used to make an incision in the cornea and create the “flap”: the corneal lid that is lifted and closed again after the laser treatment.
At EyeLaser, we use the Swiss Leonardo Da Vinci LDV Z6 femto laser from Ziemer and the German Schwind ATOS laser, both state-of-the-art devices for femto LASIK and lens extraction from the cornea.
The special features of this laser are the high laser frequency (MHz), the lowest pulse energy (nJ) and the smallest pulse area.
Thanks to these unique properties, the quality and precision of the corneal incision has been improved even further.
Several million procedures have already been performed using this modern technology.
The excimer laser With the excimer laser (UV laser), your cornea is reshaped in just a few seconds during laser eye surgery.
We have 2 modern eye laser systems:

• The Schwind AMARIS 1050 RS from Schwind is a premium eye laser among excimer laser devices for refractive surgery.
  It has the fastest 7-dimensional video-supported eye tracking system currently available on the market, which compensates for movements of the eye during laser surgery without latency (without delay). With the Schwind AMARIS 1050 RS, both wavefront-optimized and personalized treatments are possible.

The crosslinking device In UV crosslinking, the diseased cornea in keratoconus and other corneal weaknesses is reshaped using special eye drops (riboflavin) and subsequent UV irradiation.
EyeLaser has the most modern UV irradiation device for this purpose, the IROC UV-X 2000/ AVEDRO KXL.
The device was developed by a team of experts in collaboration with the inventors of the crosslinking procedure in eye surgery: Prof. Theo Seiler and Prof. Eberhard Spörl.
Thanks to his close collaboration with Prof. Seiler in Zurich, Dr. Derhartunian is very familiar with the device and its precise application.
We will be happy to show you our devices and explain their function in detail at a non-binding information evening!

Risks and side effects of laser eye surgery As with any operation, there are certain risks and side effects associated with surgical procedures on the eye, which this page and the treating surgeon will explain to you in detail.
However, the complication rate for laser eye surgery is well below 1% and, depending on the method chosen, you may experience different levels of discomfort.
With most laser eye surgery methods, however, the pain disappears after a few hours and the patient has good vision the very next day.
Laser eye surgery has been a scientifically recognized procedure for decades and is one of the most frequently performed operations worldwide.
The risks are therefore extremely low.
We further reduce them through the critical selection of our patients, meticulous preliminary examinations and years of experience.
Nevertheless, we would like to inform you fully about possible complications:

• Pain lasting up to three days and fluctuating visual performance for several months after the operation can occur (mainly with the Trans-PRK/PRK/LASEK method).
• With Femto-LASIK, watery eyes and a foreign body sensation in the eye may persist for 2 to 4 hours after the operation.
• Dryness of the eyes is usually temporary.
  You can moisturize the eye sufficiently with commercially available eye drops.
• Laser treatment can temporarily or permanently increase the sensitivity of the eyes to light.
• In the weeks following the operation, increased sensitivity to glare may occur, which can lead to the perception of halos or reduced visual acuity at dusk and dazzle (e.g. from oncoming cars).
  Drive carefully!
  However, the risk can be significantly reduced by using so-called wavefront technology, i.e. appropriate laser programming.
• A post-operative infection is counteracted by the use of antibiotic/cortisone eye drops in the first week.
  Please contact us immediately if you experience inflammation or pain in the eye.
  The use of these cortisone eye drops can also lead to increased dryness and increased intraocular pressure.
• A possible over- or undercorrection of up to 20% of the desired visual acuity can occur due to fluctuations in wound healing and laser power and can be corrected within the care period you have chosen after the operation.
• Incision errors when creating the corneal flap are very rare and have been further reduced by the introduction of femtosecond laser technology.
  They are negligible with appropriate aftercare.
• Softening of the cornea (keratectasia) is extremely rare (in 1 in 10,000 to 40,000 cases) and can be remedied by using corneal crosslinking.
• An ingrowth or displacement of the corneal flap can occur and can be corrected with a short procedure.
  Therefore, please be sure to keep your check-up appointments!
• Patients over the age of 45 are likely to need reading glasses after myopia correction due to the onset of presbyopia.
  An exception to this is the use of monovision, hyperopia or PresbyMax.

During the preliminary examination at the EyeLaser eye laser center in Zurich, we will discuss with you directly what risks and side effects your individual clinical picture may cause.
Ultimately, you should only opt for laser eye surgery in Zurich without hesitation if you have confidence in the surgeon treating you.