Risks

Visual defects have been corrected by surgery for many years. The first implantations of artificial lenses were already performed in the forties. The development of the laser techniques goes back to the sixties, the LASIK method is applied since 1991, Femto-Lasik since 2003. Millions of patients throughout the world put their trust in these methods. Today they are well established treatments of ophthalmology.

With the procedures used today in refractive surgery the risks are extremely limited. Although the specialized literature mentions complications, these are extremely rare. We thoroughly discuss the individual risk each patient may incur during our preliminary examinations.