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Mr. Dave Allamby FRCS FRCOphth is a London-based LASIK laser refractive surgeon and heads up FOCUS Laser Vision. You may have seen him on the This Morning TV show with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton or read one of several articles in the national press, recently for treating rock giant Rick Wakeman and broadcaster Paul Ross. FOCUS is a world-leading clinic in the treatment of presbyopia, or age related loss of close vision and offers LASIK laser eye treatment for short sight or long sight.

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Z LASIK performs very well with corneal scars

February 8th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

 We have been using the Ziemer LDV for 3 weeks now with great results. Vision results and flap creation have been excellent and without any complications.

For eyes with pre-existing corneal scars there has always been a question mark over the ability of femtosecond lasers to create LASIK flaps as the scar tissue may prevent the laser from passing through the tissue. Intralase users report that they found an inability perform LASIK to treat eyes that have pre-existing moderate to dense corneal scars.

Unlike the Intralase (American made femtosecond eye laser), the Swiss-made LDV will pass through even fairly dense corneal scars without a problem. So far the LDV has created excellent flaps in these cases. I will keep you updated on our progress.

[tags] laser eye surgery, complications, femtosecond, flap, Intralase, LASIK, risks, safety, Z-LASIK, Ziemer [/tags]

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