Miami is another of the most competitive cities in the USA for LASIK eye surgery. While competition doesn’t necessarily decrease the cost of LASIK, it does increase confusion as numerous LASIK providers advertise in order to attract the attention of patients interested in laser vision correction to overcome their need for contact lenses and glasses.

Miami LASIK eye surgery offers a variety of LASIK equipment as well as LASIK surgeons of varying degrees of expertise. Some of the excimer lasers that are offered in Miami include VISX, Bausch and Lomb, Allegretto, Alcon, Nidek, and others. Each of these platforms will be reported by that individual surgeon to be the best LASIK equipment that is available on the market. Due to varying degrees of surgical expertise it is difficult to investigate the truth of these claims. In addition to the laser, other technology is available in Miami which can assist in improving the results of LASIK eye surgery.

Miami is home to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, perhaps the top eye surgery center in the USA. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute provides LASIK eye surgery to resident of Miami and southern Florida. Having a top medical institute in your back yard can certainly be an advantage in some cases, but in terms of LASIK eye surgery, there are definitely advantages and disadvantages.

Bascom Palmer attracts the top experts in the field of ophthalmology. It is also a training ground for clinicians and doctors performing residencies. Rare eye diseases and difficult cases can have an extraordinary advantage for patients who choose to visit Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. For LASIK eye surgery, the advantages are not necessarily so clear. Surgery centers that treat much more difficult cases are also more likely to experience cases of antibiotic resistant bacteria which could spread to other patients within the hospital. Large hospitals have been shown to have higher incidences of infection and complications than smaller clinics.

In addition, while Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has some of the top experts in the field, there are also an equal number of inexperienced clinicians who are seeking the knowledge from their mentors. In these training institutes it is often whispered that it is bad luck for patients who get sick in July, when the new arrivals are just getting settled into seeing patients.

LASIK eye surgery in Miami is generally very safe. Whether the procedure is performed in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute or in a smaller private clinic in Miami, it is more important that the experience and credentials of the surgeon are discussed openly and without hesitation. The LASIK surgeon must be free to meet with the patient and should assure the patient that it will not be an intern under supervision that performs the procedure. While LASIK interns must gain experience in performing LASIK surgery, any sane person would prefer not to be the person who helps in giving an inexperienced surgeon the opportunity to learn.

I would recommend visiting several LASIK centers in the Miami area. Miami LASIK eye surgery offers a wealth of experience and picking a LASIK center that you are comfortable with and provides the experience and skill that is needed requires you to spend a few days visiting different eye centers.