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We are so proud to have Ms. Tracie Souve as Dr. Soroudi's wonderful registered nurse and surgical coordinator. Tracie has been an operating- and recovery room nurse for the past 15 years with great experience in both fields of plastic surgery and ophthalmology.
All of our patients have the luxury of meeting with Tracie prior to their upcoming procedure and have all their questions answered in detail; this has truly helped all our patient undergo surgery with utmost comfort, confidence, and in a relaxed state of mind.
Testimonials
Dear Dr. Soroudi, I'll never forget the day I came to your office for the first time: I COULD NOT SEE YOUR FACE clearly even with my glasses! Because of my severe Keratoconus, I had been given multiple different contact lenses that would only bother my eyes and thick glasses that made me dizzy and gave me bad headaches.
Glenda M., Insurance Adjustor
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Corneal Transplantation
Just as one would expect from an ordinary camera’s lens, from a refractive standpoint, the cornea is the most important structure in our eyes: it “bends” the light that enters our eyes and focuses it onto the retina (which is exactly like the film inside the camera). In just the same way that LASIK surgery can drastically improve one’s vision just by reshaping the cornea, any irregularity at this level could lead to devastating visual consequences.
Corneal scars usually stem from eye trauma, infections (usually herpetic or due to a bacterial “ulcer”), contact lens abuse, or diseases such as Keratoconus. If the scar is only superficial, it could usually be “shaved off” using an excimer laser (this procedure is called Phototherapeutic Keratectomy or PTK). If this scar is deeper, then a Penetratinc Keratoplasty (Corneal Transplant) can really help restore one’s vision.
In a nutshell, the scarred cornea is cut out using a mechanism that very much resembles a “cookie cutter.” Once this scarred tissue is removed, a similar sized piece of fresh cornea is cut out from a Cadaver’s eye and sewn onto the eye.
