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LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Blog at Eye Surgery USAMonday, July 14, 2008Female LASIK Surgeon, Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Provides FAQs on LASIKWhat Is LASIK? LASIK is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that reduces and in most cases eliminates the dependency on vision assisted appliances such as glasses and contact lenses. LASIK is an acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in the cornea. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma or the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser cut a portion of the stroma and the flap of the cornea is replaced. There are other techniques related to LASIK, some that do not involve cutting. Learn more about LASIK on Dr. Miller's Eye Surgery USA FAQs page Labels: FAQ, Female LASIK Surgeon
Monday, June 23, 2008Dr. Maloney's Guidelines for Quality Care and TreatmentA few Important tips from Robert K. Maloney, MD of Los Angeles, CA Dr. Maloney reminds us not to be fooled by fancy advertisements about a particular laser center. It's important that we choose the doctor and not the laser center. Finding out who will perform the actual procedure should be a priority along with finding out about that doctor's qualifications. The doctor should have at least 5,000 LASIK surgeries under his belt. What a doctor doesn't know, can and will hurt you. It's also important that you know the doctor's complication rates during surgery. Dr. Maloney stresses that if they don't tell you, it's time to find another doctor. Top surgeons have a 3 in 1,000 complication rate. Read more tips from Dr. Maloney at Eye Surgery USA. Labels: Dr. Robert Maloney, FAQ
Friday, June 6, 2008I can see clearly - why do I need an eye exam?A complete eye exam is more than just updating your prescription for glasses or contacts. Your eye examination by an ophthalmologist consists of a series of tests to assess the overall health of your eyes. Your doctor also checks for eye conditions such as glaucoma, cataract, diabetes, hypertension, retinal detachments, etc. Answer provided by Shobha Tandon, MD of Union City, CA Click here to send an email to Shobha Tandon, MD Labels: FAQ
Wednesday, April 30, 2008Why Are There Different Kinds of LASIK?When conventional LASIK was first developed in the 1990's, it was capable of delivering good enough vision for most people to pass a driver's exam without corrective lenses (20/40). Many of these people were fortunate enough to get an exceptional result of 20/20, but the baseline expectation was 20/40. Technological advances in wavefront guided LASIK and femtosecond laser flap creation have raised the bar so that 20/20 is now the baseline expectation and 20/16 or better is the goal. Answer provided by Jamie M. Monroe, MD of Orem, UT Click here to send an email to Jamie M. Monroe, MD
Monday, April 21, 2008What is an excimer laser and how does it work?The excimer laser produces a high-energy, cold, ultraviolet light beam in pulses and delivers the pulses to a surface of the eye's cornea. These pulses break the bond between molecules and tissue cells so that a controlled amount of tissue can literally be vaporized away to reshape the cornea -- one microscopic layer at a time. The excimer laser is computer controlled and programmed to custom treat each individual eye with a high degree of precision. For most cases, the thickness of the layer removed by the laser is less than the thickness of a human hair. Answer provided by LaserVue Eye Center of San Francisco, CA Click here to send an email to LaserVue Eye Center Labels: FAQ, Laser Eye Surgery
Monday, March 31, 2008Why Do LASIK Costs Vary So Widely?There are different types of LASIK from which you can choose. Like selecting options on a new car or home, you have several alternatives for your LASIK procedure. There is:
Click here to send an email to Jamie M. Monroe, MD Labels: FAQ, Laser Eye Surgery Costs
Friday, December 28, 2007Eye Surgery Financing FAQsIf you have questions in regards to financing your eye surgery procedure, we invite you to check out our Financing FAQs page. On there you will find answers to frequently asked questions like "What are the benefits of financing my LASIK or other corrective eye surgery procedure?" or "What will my interest rate be?" Click here to view our list of financing FAQs Labels: Eye Surgery Financing, FAQ
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