retinal hole treatment required before lasik

[sid_fool]

urgent
Today i went for a lasik workup.i.e the tests they use to dtermine that whether you are eligible for lasik or not.
During the retina check up they found few retinal holes although the doc said that they are very minor and are normally found in people with myopia.My power is -1.75 in both eyes.
So before lasik they advised me for a laser treatment for holes so that the surgery remains safe.
They conducted the laser .although it was over in few minutes and after that i am having some pain over the eyelids.
But i dont know that whether i shuld have gone for it or did i made a wrong decision.
My questions are actually
1)Are these minor holes common with people with specs and that too with my kind of small power
2)Is it advisable to go for hole treatment before lasik
3)Any side effects of the laser treatment of holes


This discussion is related to Retinal Holes.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

No, I do not.  I do LASIK and a retinal specialist.

Dr. O.

[Jenn0030]

Do you recommend prophylactic laser for asymptomatic retinal holes in lasix patients in any case??

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

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I do not recommend treatment of asymptomatic retinal holes.  Chance of RD is very very small probably less than .05%.  Complications of laser treatment can  be as high as 5%.

Dr.  O.