Myopia with Laser (LASIK surgery)

If you’re considering treating your eyesight problem in Spain, you can book an appointment with one of our ophthalmologists and recover your quality of life under the guarantees of Operarme.

If you live abroad and you are interested in having your surgery done in Spain, our patient service team will help you with all the planning of your surgical process.

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In Operarme you will find the best offer in surgical care in Spain. We work with first-rate private hospitals in different cities, equipped with modern facilities and an experienced staff and medical team. Our ophthalmologists bring years of experience in surgical procedures, such as the implantation of multifocal lenses.

Operarme offers its patients a Medical Complications Insurance which covers possible eventualities that may happen during the surgery of the following 365 days after the intervention.

As published above this page, the cost of Myopia with laser (LASIK surgery) in Spain through Operarme is 990 €: a fixed price with all the services included. However, if there is any special need in the technique or the surgical process, always under the surgeon’s medical recommendation, you will be informed of the variation in the price before starting the process.

Contact our Patient Service Team if you have any questions by calling at +34 91 141 33 56, by filling out the contact form or through Whatsapp. Operarme is not only at your disposal throughout the process, advising you and programming each stage of the procedure, but will also try to solve any concerns that may arise.

If you need guidance on the surgical process, the postoperative stage and the advantages of having laser surgery for myopia, we offer you more detailed information below.

Myopia is a visual defect that causes images captured by the eye to be projected before the retina, resulting in blurred images. In this case, unlike farsightedness, the problem is that the eye is unable to focus on distant objects.

There are two types of myopia according to the number of dioptres that the patient has. Depending on this number, lasik surgery will be viable to treat the patient’s myopia: the patient must present between 1 and 8 dioptres to be able to benefit from LASIK treatment.

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The intervention of laser myopia with LASIK is a common surgery nowadays to treat myopia problems. This surgical treatment is outpatient, meaning that the patient leaves the hospital right after the surgery, which lasts less than half an hour.

Myopia surgery with LASIK laser is a minor surgery that is performed under topical anaesthesia and lasts 15 to 20 minutes (per eye).

These are the steps the surgeon takes to perform a LASIK Surgery:

• First of all, topical anaesthesia will be given to the patient. Afterwards, the patient is advised to keep the eye closed to prevent it from drying out due to loss of sensation.
• Before starting the intervention, the patient is placed in a surgical gurney and the surgeon covers his/her face with a surgical blanket, except the eye to be intervened. In this same eye, the staff will place an instrument that will keep the eye open throughout the intervention. 
• The surgeon starts by disinfecting the eye with saline solution. Right after, the patient will feel a bit of pressure in the eye, and even in some occasions, lose part of the vision.
• The next step is to lift the superficial layer covering the cornea with an instrument called microkeratome, so the laser acts directly on the corneal bed. This layer will remain attached to the eye at one end for the duration of the procedure.
• Next, the surgeon will ask the patient to fix his/her sight in a luminous point of the laser. This step is quite important since the efficiency of the intervention depends on it. When the surgeon activates the laser, the patient won’t be able to see for less than a minute.
• Finally, the ophthalmologist will wash the cornea and place the corneal layer in its position, without the need to suture.

The intervention for Myopia with Laser (LASIK surgery) lasts between 15 and 20 minutes.

Once the surgery is finished, the patient is able to return home on their own. Being a minimally invasive surgery, a postoperative admission is not necessary.

The doctor will give the patient a report with all the guidelines to follow for the healing of the eye. During the first day after the surgery, it is recommended that the patient remains at home.

After the intervention the patient won’t be feeling any pain, just discomfort like stinging, tearing and discomfort from light for about 6 hours after the surgery.

Recovery after laser myopia surgery (with LASIK) takes place gradually over the days following the surgery, with a noticeable improvement in vision within 48 hours.

During the month following the surgery, the patient must attend the stipulated follow-up visits, starting the first one the day after the surgery.

The main advantage of laser surgery for myopia (lasik surgery) is the correction of the problem and the consecutive independence from the use of glasses or contact lenses to see. Another advantage is that this surgery is a quick, painless procedure with a rapid recovery. 

You can find below several reasons why hiring Operarme services for your Myopia with Laser (LASIK surgery), it’s a safe and wise choice.

We have been helping our patients solve their medical problems for more than 10 years, through high-quality surgical procedures.

Our Patient Service team will answer all your questions, and will schedule each of the appointments of your surgery procedure:

• Fixed price, all-inclusive.
• Fully personalised patient service.
• Specialists in Ophthalmology recognized by the Spanish health system.
• Hospitals with the best facilities and equipped with the most advanced medical technologies.
• A medical complications insurance that will cover any eventuality that may arise.

Our Patient Service team, as well as the doctors who are part of our medical team, speak English, so you won’t find communications problems throughout the process. If you speak French, we also have staff who speak it fluently.

Organization of the surgical service from Spain

Before travelling to Spain to have the first consultation with our specialist, we would help you out with the planning of your trip:

• Reception of medical tests for review by the specialist: Before you travel to Spain, you would send us the necessary diagnostic tests via email so that our specialists can check them, and confirm that the surgery is indeed viable.
  
  
• Once it’s been confirmed, Operarme’s patient service team will organise the face-to-face consultation with the doctor, according to your arrival in Spain, and set up a date for your hospital admission so in the event that you go ahead with the surgery, the timing of the procedure fits your stay in Spain.

Personalised attention

Anytime you need to discuss and ask any questions about the process, the surgery or the conditions of the service, please do not hesitate to contact our patient service team.

Service available in all main cities in Spain

We have specialists and private hospitals available in all major cities in Spain that have international airports: Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia.

In addition, the technological equipment and infrastructure of private hospitals in our country are of first rate. In fact, the Joint Commission International (health accreditation organisation) has valued and awarded medical care in Spain on more than 20 occasions.

If you need more information or you plan to travel to Spain to undergo Myopia surgery with laser, contact our patient service team by filling out our contact form, via whatsapp or by clicking below:

Do you need Myopia surgery with LASIK laser?

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