Refractive Errors
Discover our 4 articles and information about Refractive Errors at Centre Médical Bruxelles-Schuman, eye care and ophthalmic surgery specialists in Brussels.
Refractive surgery: are you eligible?
Living without glasses or contact lenses is now possible for a great number of patients, but not with just any technique, nor at just any age. Eligibility for refractive surgery depends on a set of criteria: your age, the prescription of each eye, the thickness of your cornea and… your lifestyle. In this article, we review these criteria, then offer you an interactive simulator to get a first personalised orientation.
Slow down shortsightedness
New studies show conclusive results allowing an effective approach to limit the evolution of myopia in children.
Laser Eye Surgery in Brussels - LASIK and PRK | Dr Andriantafika
Laser eye surgery in Brussels allows you to free yourself from glasses and contact lenses by correcting refractive errors. Refractive surgery aims to compensate these defects to become fully or partially independent of any optical correction.
Glasses
Myopia (or shortsightedness), astigmatism, hyperopia and presbyopia are refraction anomalies: it means that the image perceived is blurred as it is not focused on the retina.
