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Largest
 
- SNEC has the largest team of LASIK surgeons in Singapore. It has an expert faculty of 10 LASIK surgeons.
- SNEC performs the largest number of LASIK procedures in Singapore. We do more than 4000 LASIK procedures each year. This makes SNEC one of the largest refractive surgery centres in Singapore and the region.
- Since its inception, SNEC has performed more than 25,000 refractive procedures.
- As one of the largest volume practices in the region, the Refractive Surgery Centre of the SNEC also gets to enjoy the newest tools and instruments that technology has to offer. These include wavefront laser systems, iris recognition technology and the newest microkeratomes.
Experience
- At SNEC, our team of Refractive Surgeons performed the first excimer laser refractive surgical procedure in Singapore and South East Asia in January 1992.
- Our Refractive Surgeons regularly participate in international meetings to exchange experience with other refractive surgeons around the world.
- Our refractive surgeons conduct Basic LASIK and Advanced LASIK teaching courses and have trained LASIK surgeons in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
- All SNEC LASIK surgeons meet strict training and accreditation criteria for the procedure.
- Regular clinical audits ensure that the highest standards and outcomes are achieved and maintained.
- With a highly experienced team accustomed to handling a wide range of cases, patients stand to benefit from the collective expertise and experience of SNEC LASIK surgeons.
Service
 At SNEC, we aim to provide the best outcome and service to all our patients in a First Class setting. Our attention to safety and detail has ensured a consistently high success rate.
 Besides experienced surgeons, our team of highly trained and dedicated support staff – receptionists, nurses, technicians, optometrists and refractive counsellors – are present to provide personalized care, answer questions, handle special requests and offer guidance to ensure that you enjoy the whole LASIK experience from the first phone call to your last post-operative visit.
 Patient education material on LASIK in the form of multimedia and booklet are available to ensure that our patients understand what the procedure involves, to help them have realistic expectations and to make an informed decision.
Technology
 SNEC is equipped with a wide range of equipment and laser systems with cutting edge technology for LASIK to treat a variety of refractive errors in order to meet the needs of its patients.
- SNEC continually upgrades its capabilities to treat broad ranges of myopia (short-sightedness), hyperopia (long-sightedness) and astigmatism utilising the latest laser refractive surgery technologies.
- We are equipped with two US FDA approved lasers:
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 Bausch & Lomb Technolas 217z100 Zyoptix wavefront-guided iris-recognition LASIK system for customised LASIK. |
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Alcon LADARVIsion 4000 excimer laser. This system is another first in Singapore introduced by SNEC. It has advanced features that can treat high degrees of myopia with minimal corneal tissue removal.
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- With your surgeon’s advice, you will be able to choose the best and most suitable system for yourself.
 The Bausch & Lomb Zyoptix Diagnositic Workstation provides computerized corneal mapping and aberrometry wavefront analysis for patients undergoing wavefont-guided LASIK.
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