Do you need optometry before breast augmentation surgery
Breast augmentation surgery is one of the common methods of modern cosmetic surgery. This surgery increases the fullness and curve of women's breasts by implanting prostheses. However, is optometry necessary before breast augmentation surgery? The following will elaborate on this issue from different perspectives.
1. Why optometry is needed
Optometry is an indispensable examination before breast augmentation surgery. The main purpose is to assess the health of the patient's eyes. Although breast augmentation surgery is not directly related to vision, anesthetic drugs are required during the surgery, and some eye diseases may interact with anesthetic drugs, thus affecting the recovery and health of the eyes after surgery. Therefore, optometry can help doctors understand the health of patients' eyes and formulate relevant operation plans according to the examination results.
In addition, optometry can also exclude whether there are chronic diseases unrelated to the eyes, such as hypertension or diabetes, which may increase the risk of surgery and affect the postoperative rehabilitation effect. Therefore, optometry can reduce the risk of surgery as much as possible and improve the success rate of surgery.
2. Specific contents of optometry
The optometry before breast augmentation surgery usually includes the following specific contents.
The first is visual inspection, including measuring the far vision and near vision. This can understand the basic vision of the patient and determine whether there are obvious vision problems.
The second is eye movement examination, which evaluates whether the function of extraocular muscles is normal by observing the range of eye movement, stability and coordination of eye movement of patients.
In addition, optometry also includes eye position examination to check whether there is eye inflammation, infection or other diseases by observing the eyelid and conjunctiva.
Finally, fundus examination is performed to evaluate whether the patient has fundus disease or other eye diseases by observing the optic nerve, macula and blood vessels.
3. Necessity of optometry
The necessity of optometry before breast augmentation surgery is mainly reflected in the following aspects.
First of all, optometry can help doctors determine whether patients are suitable for breast augmentation surgery. For patients with serious eye diseases, surgery may have adverse effects on eye health, or even lead to serious consequences. Through optometry, potential eye problems can be found in time to avoid unnecessary surgical risks.
Secondly, optometry can provide more accurate data support for surgery. When planning surgery, doctors need to understand the characteristics of the patient's eye structure and visual function, so as to select appropriate prosthesis and operation mode during surgery. Optometry can provide detailed data of the eye and help doctors make better surgical plans.
Finally, optometry can be used as a baseline assessment before surgery. By recording the preoperative vision, eye movement, fundus and other indicators, we can compare them after surgery, evaluate the effect of surgery, and timely find and deal with the problems that may occur after surgery.
4. Conclusion
In conclusion, optometry before breast augmentation surgery is necessary. It can provide necessary basic information for surgery, reduce the risk of surgery, and improve the success rate of surgery. Therefore, no matter whether there are obvious eye problems, it is recommended that every patient should have optometry before breast augmentation surgery to ensure the safety of the surgery process and the satisfaction of the postoperative results.
In conclusion, optometry before breast augmentation surgery is of great significance for the smooth operation and the evaluation of postoperative effects, which should be paid attention to and supported.
