Cataracts, glaucoma, vision correction, etc.
Your eyes allow you to see the world. Make sure to get your eyes checked regularly to help maintain or improve your eye health.
- Optometrists give routine eye exams, can diagnose vision problems and prescribe eyeglasses or contacts.
- Ophthalmologists are doctors who provide a full spectrum of eye care from routine eye exams to eye surgery.
They can help you through vision problems, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and amblyopia (lazy eye).
Low vision can be caused by disease such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma.
Low Vision Services of Phillips Eye Institute can help you make the best of your remaining vision. Read one patient's story about how it helped him.
Refractive surgery, also called laser vision correction, can reduce or eliminate the need for contacts and eyeglasses.
- LASIK and PRK: The most well-known types of refractive surgery -- laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) -- correct nearsightedness.
- CK: Conductive keratoplasty (CK) corrects farsightedness or presbyopia.
- Allina Medical Clinic - Eye Services has 12 locations in the Twin Cities metro and Greater Minnesota.
- Aspen Eye Clinic has six locations in the Twin Cities metro.
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