A study of more than 42,000 eyes of nearly 23,000 patients who underwent customized, wavefront-guided LASIK at Optical Express refractive surgery centers in 2008 shows the procedure is safe and effective for the correction of low to moderate myopia, and fewer than one percent of these eyes experience LASIK complications.
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Wavefront-guided LASIK found safe, effective for correction of myopia and astigmatism
July 27, 2009Wavefront-guided LASIK is safe and effective for treating low to moderate myopia (with or without astigmatism), according to a large-scale, multi-center study conducted by Optical Express.
Large pupil size not linked to visual symptoms after LASIK
June 22, 2009Have you been told your pupils are too big for LASIK? According to a new study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, large pupil size is not correlated with an increase in visual disturbances after wavefront-guided LASIK.
New iLASIK technology provides excellent outcomes for U.S. Navy aviators
June 8, 2009Preliminary results of a study of U.S. Navy aviators receiving all-laser LASIK treatment show 97 percent of eyes attain 20/20 or better uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) the day after surgery and 100 percent have 20/20 or better UCVA one week after surgery. The study is investigating the effect of a new fifth-generation femtosecond laser, the iFS laser (Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, Calif.) on LASIK outcomes for naval aviators.
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.