All Posts Tagged With: "risks"

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Laser Eye Surgery Safety: 3 things you must know

For LASIK laser eye surgery safety, there are 3 things you must look for when you plan to go ahead. This LASIK safety trio means a more accurate result and the safest procedure we know of today:

Choose a blade-free all laser LASIK technique - using the latest femtosecond lasers means no blade is used in [...]

10Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser Eye Treatment CAN be Reversed

Most people don’t realise that laser eye surgery, including LASIK, LASEK and PRK procedures, CAN be fully reversed.

8Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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SAFETY NOTE: Does the LASIK flap ever heal?

What are the risks of having a blade-cut flap in laser eye surgery? Should you choose the newer blade-free all-laser LASIK technique?

7Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser Eye Surgery Safety

Laser Eye Surgery Safety: What you must know!

10Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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SAFETY NOTE: Does the LASIK flap ever heal?

Some new research from Professor John Marshall has helped shed light on this key topic and is something that everyone who is thinking about LASIK laser eye surgery needs to know.

8Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LIVE VIDEO: All Laser Blade Free Method vs Microkeratome Method

The new femtosecond lasers have eliminated the need for a blade in LASIK laser eye surgery. All leading laser eye treatment clinics now offer blade free LASIK as a safer and more accurate procedure for patients…

28Jun2008 | 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
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LASIK and PRK - Which is Safer?

Is LASIK or PRK safer in the long term? Which laser eye surgery procedure should I choose? Find the answers here.

15Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 11 comments | Continued
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What are ‘femtosecond’ eye lasers?

I get asked about the so-called ‘femtosecond‘ lasers now being used in LASIK laser eye surgery, and what these devices do. OK, here are the answers.
First of all, LASIK eye surgery is a laser procedure with two parts. First we have to make a thin flap from the top part of the cornea, basically a [...]

9Feb2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Z LASIK performs very well with corneal scars

 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 [...]

8Feb2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued