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Lower Risk of Infection Found With LASIK Than With Contacts Over Time

Lower 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 Cente...

Patients Report New Visual Symptoms After LASIK Surgery

Patients 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 resear...

iDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio System By Abbott a Boon For LASIK Procedure

iDesign 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 t...

Glue Mixture Could Improve Safety of LASIK Eye Surgery

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 or...

Laser Eye Surgery Does Not Adversely Affect Cornea in the Long Run

Laser 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-photorefrac...

US FDA Launches LASIK Study

US 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...

Preventing LASIK Infections and Ensuring Compliance in Glaucoma Patients

Preventing 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 top...

FDA Plans to Study the Outcome of Lasik Eye Surgery in Patients

FDA 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...

Army Hospital Gets Its First Lasik Surgery Centre

Army 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 Yogendr...

LASIK Patients Worldwide Report More Than 95 Percent Satisfaction Rate

LASIK 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 o...

Women in Their 50s and 60s Can Opt for LASIK Eye Surgery

Women 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 kerato...

Lasik Device To Correct Bifocal Vision Approved

Lasik 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. ...

U.S. Navy Offers Intralase No-Blade Lasik for Servicemen

U.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 en...

PRK and LASIK Surgeries ‘Safe and Effective’

PRK 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 ...

Beyond Bifocals: Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients With Presbyopia

Beyond 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, a...

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