Most people opt for eye correction surgery in summer as the weather is warm and includes vacation as well. The two main laser eye surgery options are LASIK and PRK. Although the results of the two ...

LONDON – PRK and LASIK outcomes were predictable, safe and stable in a large series of patients followed for 10 years, according to a speaker here. At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive ...

Standard LASEK. LASEK also may be more amenable to the emerging wavefront-guided technology, Dr. Durrie said. Butterfly LASEK. With no flap in LASEK, there is no cutting of corneal sensory nerves and ...

The LASIK procedure also uses the excimer laser to reshape the cornea, but this is done under a thin corneal flap, which preservers the surface epithelial cells. Rather than scraping away the ...

As eye surgeons have mastered the ability to correct vision with excimer laser technology, LASIK surgery has surged in popularity. It's no wonder—the procedure is safe and effective for people who are ...

When you think of corrective vision surgery, LASIK may be the first procedure that comes to mind, but did you realize there are other options available that might be better for you? PRK is an older, ...

PRK, or photorefractive keratectomy, is LASIK's tough older brother and the very first laser eye surgery performed. The technology used in both PRK and LASIK procedures, the excimer laser, was created ...

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) were greeted as clinical breakthroughs when made available in the 1990s, but this did not stop researchers from trying to ...

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