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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 4. Should I Pay More For Wavefront? What is the Truth?

Is wavefront laser eye surgery worth it? Find out the answers here.

26Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 2 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions: Part 3. Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better?

Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better? Get all the answers in this blog post.

25Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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New lens to restore reading vision for people age 45+

A new lens to help reading vision has received approval from the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA), according to manufacturers Bausch & Lomb, based at Rochester in New York state.
These lenses are inserted inside the eye during a procedure very similar to that used for cataract surgery. The natural lens is removed and replaced [...]

8Jul2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser eye surgery is effective for reading vision

SEVERAL approaches to LASIK are effective in the treatment of reading vision problems (presbyopia) for patients with otherwise normal distance vision, or long or short sight, according to studies presented at the 12th Winter Refractive Meeting of the ESCRS.

26Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 6 comments | Continued
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WaveLight laser sales increase worldwide

WaveLight AG, based in Erlangen, Germany increased its sales for the first nine months of 2007/8 accounting year by 31% to €65 million. In the worldwide sales-strong US market the company exceeded the turnover of the comparable period in the previous year by 66%.

20Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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FDA recommends changes for eye laser patient labeling during public hearing

Leading ophthalmologists plus LASIK patients at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel (ODP) presented two conflicting perspectives on the LASIK laser eye surgery procedure last week.

29Apr2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued