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I write about the questions my patients ask most, with references, on three sites: cairs.com.tr for keratoconus, miyopimerkezi.com for laser and implantable lenses, and eyvahmiyop.com for myopia in children. Articles not yet available in English are marked and open in Turkish.
Keratoconus
CAIRS Surgery: What It Is and Who It Suits
How ring segments prepared from donor corneal tissue work in keratoconus, who is a good candidate, who is not, and the risks.
Read → cairs.com.trCXL or CAIRS? The Real Question Is Which Stage You Are At
Before asking about the method, you need to know the stage: monitoring, cross-linking, ring segments or transplant. What I look at in each step.
Read → cairs.com.trKeratoconus in Children: When Is Waiting Not Safe?
Keratoconus can progress faster in children and teenagers. When waiting is no longer safe and how often to check.
Read → cairs.com.trIf Lenses Work, Is Keratoconus Surgery Still Needed?
Seeing well with lenses is not the same as the disease being stable. Which question lenses, cross-linking and CAIRS each answer.
Read → cairs.com.trKeratoconus Treatment in the Last 10 Years: From Cross-Linking to CAIRS
Cross-linking, INTACS, CAIRS and corneal transplant: where keratoconus treatment has come in a decade, with references.
Read → cairs.com.trTravelling to Ankara for CAIRS
For patients coming from another city or country: preparation before you travel, length of stay, follow-up visits and remote monitoring.
Read →Laser and implantable lenses
SMILE Pro Laser: Who It Suits and Who It Does Not
The measurements I check on assessment day, the day of surgery, the risks and how it differs from LASIK and PRK. My own limits next to the literature.
Read → miyopimerkezi.com in TurkishNo-Touch Laser (TransPRK): Who Is It For?
The surface method I prefer for thin or borderline corneas: what "no-touch" means, how healing goes day by day and which eyes it does not suit.
Read (in Turkish) → miyopimerkezi.com in TurkishWho Should Not Have Laser Eye Surgery? Reasons and Alternatives
Thin cornea, suspicious topography, dry eye, unstable prescription, pregnancy: conditions that delay or change laser surgery, and the alternative in each.
Read (in Turkish) → miyopimerkezi.com in TurkishDry Eye After Laser: How Long Does It Last and in Whom?
Who gets dry eye after laser, how long it lasts and when to come back for an examination. Questions to ask yourself before surgery.
Read (in Turkish) → miyopimerkezi.com in TurkishCan the Prescription Come Back After Laser Eye Surgery?
Laser reshapes the cornea but does not stop the eye from ageing. In whom, when and why the prescription can return.
Read (in Turkish) → miyopimerkezi.com in TurkishICL Surgery: Who Is a Candidate and Who Is Not?
When the cornea is thin, the prescription high or laser unsuitable for another reason, an implantable contact lens comes up. Who it suits and its limits.
Read (in Turkish) →Myopia in children
Oh No, My Child Is Nearsighted! A Book for Families
My book for parents: what myopia is, why it is increasing, what slows it down and what to ask at the examination.
Read → eyvahmiyop.com in TurkishMy Child Will Not Wear Glasses: Why, and What Can We Do?
There is usually a reason. Finding it, what to discuss at the examination, myopia control spectacle lenses and what works at home.
Read (in Turkish) → eyvahmiyop.com in TurkishAtropine Drops in Children: What They Do and What They Do Not
Low-dose atropine can slow myopia; it does not stop it. What it does, what it does not, side effects and stopping, based on studies.
Read (in Turkish) → eyvahmiyop.com in TurkishBack to School: What to Do for Your Child's Myopia
A blame-free plan that fits the school year: screens, study breaks, time outdoors and the examination calendar.
Read (in Turkish) →Health law
Laser Eye Surgery and Military or Police Entrance Exams
Does laser surgery disqualify a candidate? What the health regulations say, how reports are assessed and how to object.
Read (in Turkish) → serkangureser.com in TurkishExpert Opinion in Eye Surgery Cases
Scientific expert opinion for court cases involving laser, keratoconus, cataract and ICL surgery, by an ophthalmologist with a law degree.
Read (in Turkish) →These articles are for general information and do not replace an examination. Which method suits you depends on your measurements and examination.