Are sedatives necessary for laser eye treatment?

Dr. Victor Derhartunian explains whether sedatives are necessary for laser eye surgery.

Sedatives can be used during laser eye surgery, but they are generally not necessary.
It very much depends on the person’s personality.
For people with anxiety, it is of course an advantage to make laser eye surgery more comfortable with sedatives, but this is rarely used in routine surgery.

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Dr. Victor Derhartunian

Nachdem er sein Handwerk von den beiden Pionieren der Laserchirurgie gelernt hat, gehört Dr. Victor Derhartunian zu den führenden Augenlaser-Chirurgen. Er leitet die Praxis in Wien und kann seine Patienten in fünf Sprachen beraten.