Seen that? - Brush Up on Your Statistics When Eyeing LASIK Surgery

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Brush Up on Your Statistics When Eyeing LASIK Surgery Lasik Weblog

turn to clear visionOriginally uploaded by SpecialKRBLASIK refractive surgery with its reported high quality of lifestyle improvement and its touted low complication rate has become commonplace when it comes to correcting vision. But before eyeing this procedure, its best to gather statistics from every reputable source you can find to see if it's right for you. There is no one, all-knowing authority on LASIK. Many publications and websites out there [...] Read More


LASIK vs. LASEK Refractive Surgery: What’s the Difference? Lasik Weblog

LASEK or laser assisted sub-epithelial keratomileusis is a refractive surgery procedure that bypasses the creation of a corneal flap, as in LASIK, where a microkeratome is used to cut such a flap, which is then folded back out of the way in order to perform corneal ablation with the excimer laser. In LASIK, the flap always exists. It is repositioned after the surgery; however it never is completely healed. [...] Read More


FDA Approved and Now You Can Get It: Advanced Control Eye Tracking, or ACE, for More Accurate LASIK Lasik Weblog

Recently the FDA approved ACE or Advanced Control Eye Tracking for use in LASIK and other refractive surgery procedures (vision correction procedures). important to note that the FDA approves the technology or instruments, not the refractive procedure. The FDA approved the Technolas Excimer Workstation (a laser workstation), and there are now 25 leading specialized astigmatism treatment centers that have adopted the technology. What ACE does ACE allows the excimer [...] Read More


Lasik Surgery Well Woman Blog

How are your eyes?" I'm scheduled for cataract surgery next month. It's a fairly simple procedure. I've already had one eye done. I've thought about Lasik surgery to improve my vision, but I'm not young anymore and I thought that Lasik surgery was a young people's thing. Seems I thought wrong, according to this article from Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs: The researchers observed case histories of 424 laser eye surgery patients between the [...] Read More


Laser Eye Surgery is Safe, Experts Say Straightfromthedoc

According to the results of a 10-year study presented recently at the Academy of Ophthalmology's 2006 Joint Meeting, both LASIK and PRK eye procedures are safe and effective. LASIK refers to the use of a laser to reshape the cornea without working directly on the outer surface of the cornea. PRK (or Photorefractive Keratectomy) also uses a laser to reshape the cornea but by working directly on the outer surface of [...] Read More