Corrective Eye Surgery News

Why did you start the business? Cary Silverman: Coming out of my residency, I had a choice of either going into an established practice or starting on my own.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found laser eye surgery to correct vision does not lead to later problems with the cornea -- at least not after nine years.

Sanjay V. Patel, MD ; William M. Bourne, MD Arch Ophthalmol. A 2009;127 :1423-1427. ObjectiveA To determine the long-term changes in the corneal endothelium after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy .

Robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse has major benefits A new study has shown that robotic surgery for v*nal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time.

Laser eye surgery to correct vision problems does not appear to be associated with lasting changes to cells lining the inside of the cornea at nine years after the procedure, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The American Medical Association today awarded its 2009 Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Community Service to Manus C. Kraff, M.D., an ophthalmologist from Chicago, IL.

LASIk technology is creating waves by the benefits people are getting out of it.

WHEN it comes to instantly recognisable Scots, The Proclaimers are up there with Robert Burns and Billy Connolly.

LASIK ophthalmologist Connie S. McCaa, M.D., Ph.D, is named a Best Doctor in America for a 12th consecutive year.

In June 2008, Dr. Robert Beitman gave a speech at Wayne State University on the business of high-volume LASIK surgery.

New York, NY, -- A new laser therapy that can potentially remove cataract from people's eyes more effeciently and with greater percision was presented on Ocotber 24, 2009 at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

World-renowned eye surgeon Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler celebrated his birthday Monday with the official launch of LASIK IdolTM , an original song and video competition that will give one lucky contestant the chance to perform their way to perfect vision.

Dr. Yu is a graduate of the SUNY College of Optometry, where she also completed a Fellowship in Cornea and Contact Lens.

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"I'VE heard you can actually smell your eyes burning." Not what you want to hear from a "mate" before having laser eye surgery.

LCAVision Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. LCA-Vision Inc.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade in Tehran in September 2008 to commemorate the 28th anniversary of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq.

Kenneth Macoul has put away his pupil dilator, screening lens, refractor and slit lamp - for now.

Not long after RK, or radial keratotomy, came a new technique for shortening the focal length of the nearsighted eyeball.