Severe visual disturbances and complications stemming from previous refractive surgeries were successfully corrected with wavefront-guided LASIK enhancement, a surgeon reported. “We were exceedingly ...

Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) was initially reported by Ioannis Pallikaris in 1990 and has since become an efficient and highly popular procedure in corneal refractive surgery. However, a ...

LASIK enhanced uncorrected near and distance visual acuity and preserved contrast sensitivity in eyes implanted with diffractive multifocal IOLs, a study showed. “I think that wavefront-guided LASIK ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Millions of people have reduced their dependence on eyeglasses and contact lenses over the past several years with the refractive surgery procedure known as LASIK. LASIK can correct ...

San Diego, CA — An independent researcher reporting at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) finds that "Custom" or Wavefront-guided LASIK produces ...

Laser eye surgeons, battered by a recession that has sharply reduced the number of procedures they perform, are poised to begin marketing a new technology they say achieves better results and may help ...

Judd Hoffman hated putting in contact lenses. Laser eye surgery was just as unappealing. Not only did he shudder at the thought of an instrument touching his eyes, he was afraid something would go ...

Lasik surgery is one method of correcting focusing problems of the eye called refractive errors. The most common refractive errors are nearsightedness or myopia (difficulty seeing distant objects as ...

Judd Hoffman hated putting in contact lenses. Laser eye surgery was just as unappealing. Not only did he shudder at the thought of an instrument touching his eyes, he was afraid something would go ...

CHICAGO — A new LASIK nomogram uses the least complicated approach to predict improvements in outcomes, according to new research. Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, chief medical director for Optical Express ...

Consider it an ocular fingerprint: A new generation of laser eye surgery that maps subtle irregularities in the cornea before it's zapped — in hopes of providing crisper vision and fewer side effects ...

LASIK technology went unchanged from 1996 to 2001, and as a result, the price trended downward during that period. As technology advanced, the average price of LASIK gradually rose each year until ...