1.    Who is the specialist in charge for Lasik operation in Medic Medical Center?

Dr Nguyen Cuong Nam is a well known ophthalmologist, expertise in Refractive Errors disease with 30 years of experience. He was the instructor of the 1st training course about this pathology in Viet Nam in 1979, and also the group leader of myopia correction (with diamond scalpel) surgery team in 1980. Recently, after many training courses and practices in USA and Canada, he is the founder of the 1st LASER Refractor Error Correction Surgery Center at MEDIC OPTIC CENTER, An Binh Hospital., Viet Nam.

Dr Nguyen Cuong Nam and his assistant doctors after 4 LASIK training sessions with Australian and Canadian experts on Vietnamese patients, at MEDIC OPTIC CENTER, were qualified as fully competent operators for LASIK equipment and procedures.

• Because this is the 1st Laser Center in Viet Nam, supported by Mitchell, Calgary Canada Eyes Center world-wide famous.
• Because our doctors gained a lot of experience after training sessions and difficult cases co-consultations with expatriate experts .
• Because there are often advising foreign missions visits at our center.
• Because our center always updated to the trends of new Refraction Errors Correction Surgery in the world.
• Because our staffs for refractive errors parameters measurement are well-certified, experiment, highly accurate.
• You will be welcome to our center by courteous and attentive receptionists and be guided , explained carefully before and after operation.
• Complicated cases are always consulted through Internet by world-wide well-known specialists.
• Closed association with Medic Medical Center 254 Hoa Hao HCMC , the best center with modern equipment and newest information in the world.
• Expatriate Technicians from Laser Excimer (Germany) always present to take care and fix any problems during operations and service maintenance, guaranteed for the patients safety.

• Myopia (near-sighted) to 20 degrees.
• Hypermetropia (long-sighted) to 6 degrees.
• Astigmatic to 6 degrees
• Mixed diseases: Myopia + Astigmatic, hypermetropia + astigmatic...

• Everybody with refractive errors eyes problem over 18 y. o . with stable glass degrees, no serious optical diseases associated.
• After being examined by doctors at LASER MEDIC CENTER, you will be informed that you are apt for the operation or not. If you are not suitable for surgery, advice about eyes care, eyes protection to avoid future complications and consequences will be given by specialists.

• LASIK with a lid: advantages are: almost painless, quick visuality recovering, fast healing...
• PRK without a lid: for patients with thin cornea, some corneal pathologies, slower visual recovering compared with LASIK.

• Usually it is painless. For some very sensible patients, a mild pain can be feel at the operation and after the local anesthesia fade away. If more severe pain exist, it can be relieved by medication and after 24 hours everything will become normal.

• Usually it last about 15 minutes. Patients can go home right afterward, no eyes dressing is needed, and remarkable improvement of eyesight will be noted in the next day.

• The patient should stay at home at least a couples of days unless for re-examinations, normal activities can resume after 4 days.

• if the flap is not perfectly excised, the operation can be temporarily halted. Residue can be under the flap, the flap can be wrinkle, infected, over or under refractive correction, blurring vision, dazzled vision. However, all of these complications can be overcome after a treating period. A second operation can be done if needed.

• People can obtain the cost reduction are:
• Students, school boys or girls
• Teachers.
• Medical staff and people with priority.
• Patient can pay one half of the total sum, the remaining can be pay in installments. More information about paying in installments will be given at MEDIC OPTIC CENTER.
• Reduced price is 350 USD per eye, special circumstances can be free of charge.