Figure 1. An example of LASIK flap edge pooling. The arrow shows the area of pooling over the flap edge. Source: Steven B. Siepser, MD, FACS Over the last decade, I began to use fluorescein ...
Toms (N.J.) River Surgical Center, an affiliate of management organization SightMD, has added advanced bladeless LASIK. The technology improves precision and safety and provides patients with an ...
Compared to standard LASIK and PRK, CustomVue LASIK offers the potential for improved quality of vision, as well as a reduction in nighttime visual difficulties such as glare and halos. The IntraLase® ...
Late LASIK flap trauma can produce flap dehiscence and be complicated by infection. Microbiological investigations should be obtained early in suspected infection, and include stains and cultures ...
During LASIK surgery, your ophthalmologist cuts a thin flap on your cornea – the clear, outer layer of the eye – using either a laser or a surgical blade. Once the flap is folded back ...
The risk of progressive ectasia after multiple re-treatments has prompted some surgeons to propose undersurface ablation of the flap for LASIK re-treatment for eyes with insufficient posterior stroma.