Dr. Angelo Appiotti works as ophthalmic specialist in the field of Refractive eye Surgery. Laser eye surgery utilized by Dr. Appiotti is performed under topical anestesia (anesthetic drops instilled in the eye) and lasts a few minutes. The operation is painless.

Dr. Appiotti solved eye problems of many sports professionals, such as Kakà and Boriello. He performed TLCT surgery on Kakà for the definitive correction of his myopia and astigmatism; he employed LASIK surgery on Boriello for the correction of his severe hyperopia.  


Among the various techniques used by Dr. Appiotti to correct visual defects and eye diseases are to stress: Two Laser Combined Technique (TLCT), a new personal technique unique in the field of refractive surgery, which he has used successfully for the correction of astigmatism; Lasik (Laser-Assisted Intrastromal Keratomileusis), a method of refractive eye surgery for the correction of mild and moderate myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism; PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy), a method which uses excimer lasers for the correction of myopia and astigmatism (the excimer laser technique is employed for the treatment of ocular pathologies too); Lasek (Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis), a refractive surgery technique with the Lasik principles for the treatment and correction of myopia and astigmatism; Femtolaser (Femtosecond or Intralaser), a new technique of refractive surgery used for astigmatism correction.

On the site Perfect Vision you can find informations about other techniques employed by Dr. Appiotti to correct eye defects. Among these: intraocular lens implant, phacoemulsification and accomodative lens.

In his Surgical Polyambulatory in Modena, the Perfect Vision Centre, Dr. Appiotti and the Perfect Vision Team perform laser eye surgery for the permanent correction of astigmatism, myopia and hyperopia using the best lasers available today.