Glue Mixture Could Improve Safety of LASIK Eye Surgery
An adhesive may reduce risks after laser vision correction surgery, say Kansas State University researchers. Stacy Littlechild, a recent bachelor's degree graduate in biology originally from Wakeeney,...
View ArticleiDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio System By Abbott a Boon For LASIK Procedure
A new LASIK system, iDesign Advanced WaveScan Studio System, released by Abbott has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently. The system plays a vital role in the LASIK...
View ArticlePatients Report New Visual Symptoms After LASIK Surgery
Patient-reported visual symptoms, dry eye symptoms after a LASIK (Laser insitu keratomileusis) surgery in the Patient - Reported Outcomes with LASIK (PROWL) studies were examined by a research team...
View ArticleLower Risk of Infection Found With LASIK Than With Contacts Over Time
Traditionally contacts were thought to be safer than a surgical procedure, an analysis by ophthalmologists from the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center...
View ArticleLasik surgery effective in correcting vision
LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomilensis), is the most widely performed laser vision correction today. It is effective in correcting short sightedness (Myopia), farsightedness (Hyperopia) and even...
View ArticleLASIK Treatments Still To Reach Common Man
Even after a decade of its institution, Lasik, the eye surgery that corrects vision be means of Laser, remains out of reach of common man. An average procedure costs somewhere between (Dollor) 3,000...
View ArticleStudy Compares LASIK and LASEK Eye Surgery
A study comparing the safety, effectiveness and reliability of LASIK and LASEK has found no clinically significant differences between the two types of laser eye surgery. The study, led by a...
View ArticleLasik or Lasek Surgery - Which One is Better?
A new study has shown that vision correction patients will be benefited equally with Lasik surgery as well as Lasek surgery. Both types of surgeries are equally safe and beneficial. Both surgeries...
View ArticleTechnology Making LASIK Safer for Those Who Have Had Previous Eye Surgery
Rapidly improving technology is making LASIK safer, as well as widening the scope of its potential benefits, according to A. John Kanellopoulous, MD, who taught an instructional course at the recent...
View ArticleBeyond Bifocals: Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients With Presbyopia
For those who've reached the age when reading a newspaper means holding it at arm's length or fumbling for reading glasses, wavefront-optimized lens technology may offer a better solution, according...
View ArticlePRK and LASIK Surgeries 'Safe and Effective'
Both LASIK and PRK eye procedures are safe and effective, according to results of a 10-year study presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology's Joint Meeting. Researchers who examined...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Offers Intralase No-Blade Lasik for Servicemen
The U.S. Navy recently began to pay Lasik surgery costs for serviceman who use no-blade Lasik eye surgeons. Dr. Dello Russo, one of the pioneers who introduced this method, celebrates the endorsement...
View ArticleLasik Device To Correct Bifocal Vision Approved
One of America's biggest eye care companies has had its recent invention-the CustomVue Monovision Lasik device, approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Advanced Medical Optics Inc. claims the...
View ArticleWomen in Their 50s and 60s Can Opt for LASIK Eye Surgery
It's not too late for women in their 50s and 60s to consider LASIK eye surgery, says Leo Maguire, M.D., a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist. LASIK -- short for laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis -- is a...
View ArticleLASIK Patients Worldwide Report More Than 95 Percent Satisfaction Rate
An average 95.4 percent of LASIK patients have reported satisfaction with their new vision. The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery announced this today in the first review of the...
View ArticleArmy Hospital Gets Its First Lasik Surgery Centre
The first ever Kerato-Refractive Surgery (Lasik Surgery) Centre of the Armed Forces was inaugurated at Army Hospital (Research and Referral), in New Delhi today by Lieutenant General Yogendra Singh,...
View ArticleFDA Plans to Study the Outcome of Lasik Eye Surgery in Patients
Lasik eye surgery has come in for some flak by a few patients who are unhappy with their vision, post surgery. According to the FDA about 5 percent of patients are not happy with the surgery,...
View ArticlePreventing LASIK Infections and Ensuring Compliance in Glaucoma Patients
New insights on why some corneal transplants fail, why some patients skip their glaucoma medications, and why preventing infections after LASIK is a growing concern are some of the major topics...
View ArticleUS FDA Launches LASIK Study
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the launch of a study to assess the problems faced by patients after LASIK surgery. The Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) is a surgical...
View ArticleLaser Eye Surgery Does Not Adversely Affect Cornea in the Long Run
Laser eye surgery that corrects vision does not lead to later problems with the cornea - at least not after nine years, a new study has found. Two types of laser surgery-photorefractive keratectomy...
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