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Resident Writer’s Award winners announced

January 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

“Using Intacs corneal implants to treat ectasia after radial keratotomy.”
John P. Berdahl, MD, of the Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, won first-place honors in the fifth annual Ophthalmology Times Resident Writer’s Award program, it was announced in a Nov. via Ophthalmology Times

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Study of high myopia patients ten years after LASIK surgery

January 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

Laser surgery to correct vision problems has been in use since the early 1990s.

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This New Year, How Healthy Will Your Eyes Be?

January 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

The Gift that Keeps Giving: When considering vision correction, many people go straight to LASIK surgery, which they believe to be the “cure-all” answer. Presbyopia, the gradual loss of the eye’s ability to focus up close, …

Original post by Jennifer

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[Cornea] Preoperative Characteristics and a Potential Mechanism of …

January 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

The study consisted of 24 eyes of 24 patients who underwent LASIK. Tear breakup time, Schirmer testing with and without anesthesia, rose bengal staining, central corneal sensitivity, nucleus-to-cytoplasmic ratio, and goblet cell density …

Original post by Konomi, K., Chen, L.-L., Tarko, R. S., Scally, A., Schaumberg, D. A., Azar, D., Dartt, D. A.

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Long-Term Results With LASIK Good

January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

New research confirms the long-term safety and effectiveness of LASIK vision correction surgery.

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[AMAZING] Lasik Eye Surgery Video

January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

A video showing correction of vision by lasik eye surgery…HAVE TO SEE.

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Lasik Surgery Danger With Women

January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

In addition to hormonal changes, vision may also be affected by corneal pressure due to fluid retention. Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Lasik laser eye surgery Lasik eye surgery San Diego Lasik eyesight improvement.

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Lasik to be for used on Astronauts

January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

(AMO) , a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, recently announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has approved the company’s LASIK technologies for use on US astronauts. …

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Long-term study yields positive results for LASIK

January 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

“My eyes dried out way too much, and made it real uncomfortable.”
A long-term study finds that the laser vision correction technique LASIK, “Laser in Situ Keratomileusis,” is safe, effective and long-lasting. The new study looks at people a decade after they had LASIK, and … via WVEC-TV Norfolk

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