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LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Blog at Eye Surgery USAWednesday, August 5, 2009Understand Refractive Procedures at Eye Surgery USA
Recent advances in refractive surgery are designed to permanently reduce or eliminate the need for corrective eyewear to see objects clearly. Today, more than 3 million corneal refractive procedures are performed worldwide each year. Presently, more than 100 million patients wear contact lenses for correction of their refractive errors. To better understand refractive surgeries, one should understand how a perfectly normal eye (20/20) focuses light and what are different types of refractive errors? Let us first understand the main components of eye. read more Labels: corrective eye technology, refractive surgery
Friday, August 1, 2008What is refractive surgery?Refractive surgery is an outpatient procedure that corrects vision problems such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism The surgery restores the eye's normal curvature and its ability to bring images into focus. Answer provided by Ernest W. Kornmehl, MD, FACS of Wellesley, MA Click here to send an email to Ernest W. Kornmehl, MD, FACS Labels: refractive surgery
Thursday, April 17, 2008So How Long Does LASIK Take?Well depending on how much prep time goes into the procedure and the type of procedure, typically the actual LASIK procedure only takes a few minutes per eye. But there's a lot of preparation that goes into setting up your eyes for the actual laser refractive surgery, so in most cases it takes about an hour for both eyes. LASIK is relatively quick and virtually pain free. It's no wonder it's become one of the fastest and safest medical procedures today. Are you thinking of getting refractive surgery? Is LASIK in your future? If so, be sure to visit Eye Surgery USA today and search for the best Laser Eye Surgeon near you! Labels: Boston LASIK, refractive surgery
Friday, April 11, 2008So What Exactly is Refractive Surgery?You hear about LASIK, and IntraLase and all these other Laser Eye Procedures, but along with all the buzz words you might have heard the term refractive surgery now and then. So What is Refractive Surgery? Refractive Surgery is the general term to describe surgery that corrects vision, with the objective of reducing or eliminating the need for glasses and contacts. Procedures may include RK (Radial Keratotomy), PRK, LASIK, and corneal inlays. So when discussing LASIK and other procedures, just know that you're talking about refractive surgery in general. To find out more information, visit Eye Surgery USA. Labels: glossary, LASIK, refractive surgery
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