The state’s first astigmatism treatment using the new ‘SMILE’ procedure was successfully performed last month at the Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center, Nashville by Dr Ming Wang.
‘SMILE’ says Dr Wang is “ the major advance in laser vision correction in the last 25 years since the advent of LASIK”. ‘SMILE’ stands for Small Incision Lenticular Extraction. Compared with LASIK, ‘SMILE’ has three distinct advantages: 1) smaller incision; 2) less dry eyes; 3) less postoperative complications.
Recently, United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the astigmatism correction using SMILE. “This is an exciting development, since it means that now a much larger group of our patients will be able to benefit from SMILE and to be freed of dependence on glasses and contacts”, Dr. Wang said.
The recipient of this new treatment was Ross Ronan a 47 year old healthcare executive. He has suffered from poor vision for all of his life. Ronan had not only a high degree of nearsightedness, but also astigmatism, which distorted his vision. Without correction, his vision was worse than legal blindness. Ronan said that he was “truly excited to be the first patient in the state to receive the new and state-of-the-art astigmatism SMILE procedure”!
Call Wang Vision at 615-321-8881 for more information.
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