LASIK and PRK appear to be safe and effective treatments for children and young adults who have a binocular vision anomaly called accommodative esotropia, according to a recent study conducted by Italian researchers. The findings may change the way surgeons treat certain cases of the eye alignment problem to prevent the development of amblyopia (or “lazy eye”).
News Archive for April, 2009
Outcomes of LASEK, Epi-LASIK and PRK compared
April 8, 2009LASEK, Epi-LASIK and PRK produce similarly good refractive and visual outcomes when used to correct myopia with a wavefront-guided excimer laser. That’s the finding of researchers at the University of Ottawa Eye Institute in Canada. In the study, 998 eyes with nearsightedness ranging from -1.00 to -8.00 diopters (D) were treated at the university eye center using one of the following laser eye surgery procedures: LASEK, Epi-LASIK, PRK and Epi-PRK.