All Posts Tagged With: "PRK"

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Kay’s Great Questions Part 7: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

Continuing from yesterday:
Some surgeons recommend PRK or LASEK (both forms of surface laser eye treatment and basically the same) over LASIK. The article referred to by Kay in her original post and advocating LASEK was written by ophthalmic surgeon Sunil Shah, who was one of the creators of that particular approach (and so has [...]

30Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 6: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

We discussed in the last post about the two options you have: LASIK or PRK (surface laser), and how 90%+ of treatments are done via LASIK.
LASIK comes in two flavours now: blade or blade-free. The older traditional LASIK technique uses a mechanical device containing a blade (called a keratome or microkeratome) to cut a flap [...]

29Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 5: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

You will have a choice of procedures when you come to have laser eye surgery. But which one will be right for you? Basically though, there are only two laser eye treatment procedures available, but each one has options within. More…

28Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Celebrity Paul Ross and Dr Dave Allamby on ‘This Morning’ TV Show

Fern Britten and Philip Schofield interview Paul Ross and Dr. Dave Allamby about laser eye surgery.

31Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LASIK and the Police Force

LASIK is fully acceptable for the police force, as is LASEK, PRK and ICRS (Intra-Corneal Ring Segments). The main criteria is whether or not the cornea is weakened following surgery

1Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LASIK for USAF Pilots and Astronauts

One week after surgery more than 76 percent of femtosecond laser patients achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of at least 20/16 (better than 20/20) compared to only 58 percent of microkeratome patients # In an evaluation of 785 pilots, 89% of Navy aviators evaluated their ability to land on an aircraft carrier as moderately to significantly better after laser eye surgery. None said it was worse after treatment

18Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued