EXCIMER LASER AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY IN SVETI VID

Refractive laser pediatric surgery in SVETI VID is advocated strictly to medical indications: severe anisometropia or bilateral high ametropia (myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism) , with great amblyogenic potential in children incompliant and resistant to conventional therapy with spectacles or contact lenses, including the children with special needs.

Advanced surface ablation (PRK and LASEK ), ranging up to -13.D and up to 6 D is performed , with the sufficient corneal thickness, respectively. LASIK is prohibited in children population.

The procedures are performed on Schwind Amaris Excimer Laser, with appropriate routine preoperative examination, cycloplegic refraction , ultrasound corneal thickness measurement, corneal topography, corneal and ocular wavefront.

Most of the procedures are performed in general anesthesia, in appropriate surgical surroundings, with a decades of experience team in children population, in every kind of ophthalmic surgery.

Prof Dr Rudolf Autrata is performing pediatric refractive surgery in SVETI VID. He is a renowned, among the leaders in this field of ophthalmology in the world, with a lot of well recognized publications and studies in high indexed ophthalmic journals. Devoted to the pediatric ophthalmology through his whole life, he received many awards for his outstanding work and contribution to development of pediatric ophthalmology, especially refractive surgery in children.

He started performing refractive pediatric surgery in the early 90ties, at the Children's Hospital on Masaryk University in Brno, and established crown highlights in this pediatric field. He is very much citated author.

Nowadays, refractive pediatric surgery is very well accepted in strict medical indications, and performed in a few qualified world university pediatric clinics, implying superb surgery, high level of experience and long period of performing.

From those places, as from the work of prof. Autrata, came the very positive acceptance of these procedures, as regular, with stable, predictable and safe results published from their studies, as well.(USA, Houston, Washington, New York, Calgary-Canada, Alicante-Spain, UK, Italy,etc).

Among them is now Special Hospital SVETI VID, in Belgrade, Serbia, with the high quality of pediatric ophthalmology, and pediatric refractive surgery, with Professor Autrata, now the member of the team, who established here in SVETI VID another great center of pediatric ophthalmic surgery.