Orthokeratology -CRT,etc Update please
2004-06-11 05:57:05 AM
doctorido@hotmail.com (doktorido) wrote in
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DrG,
I was surprised that you thought "non-uniformity of technique, lack of
uniformity in training, and the necessity to keep refining the fit"
were inherent flaws with OK. And I addressed why I thought those were
not inherent flaws with OK.
To summarize: 1) Non-uniformity of technique is due to different lens
designs. I don't feel that because there are different ways to get to
the same endpoint or visual goal that it's an inherent flaw to the
technique as a whole. 2) The lack of training I referred to in
previous posts was to lack of RGP fit training as a whole in Asia. In
the US this is not a problem as I have receive both RGP training and
OK training in optometry school. 3) If you feel that the need for some
patients to get refinements in fit is an inherent flaw with OK, so be
it. Maybe it's a matter of semantics, I don't feel that the need for
some LASIK patients to get enhancements as an inherent flaw with
LASIK, just a possible problem that may arise that needs to be taken
care of.
If this forum, as you have pointed out, is for discussing OK in only
the areas as an alternative to refractive surgery and not as a whole
then I apologize.
As I said, there is a bit of latitude when fitting RGP lenses to correct
refractive error. OK is not so forgiving. About 90% of LASIK patients do
not need an enhancement. I would venture to say that 90% of OK patients
need another lens at some point in the process. The fees for OK are
commensurate with LASIK. Those higher fees are for extensive followup.
Meanwhile, those fees are an annuity for the optometrist. OK requires long
term care, while LASIK does not. I'll be brief.
DrG
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