SAN FRANCISCO – Millions of people have reduced their dependence on eyeglasses and contact lenses over the past several years with the refractive surgery procedure known as LASIK. LASIK can correct ...

San Diego, CA — An independent researcher reporting at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) finds that "Custom" or Wavefront-guided LASIK produces ...

Lasik surgery is one method of correcting focusing problems of the eye called refractive errors. The most common refractive errors are nearsightedness or myopia (difficulty seeing distant objects as ...

Vision correction surgery, also called refractive and laser eye surgery, refers to any surgical procedure used to fix vision problems. Recent years have seen huge advances in this field. Refractive ...

Johnson & Johnson Vision has secured FDA approval for a new laser eye surgery indication for its iDesign Refractive Studio system. In addition, the company unveiled plans for the U.S. rollout of a ...

Our team of physicians are board-certified and have specialized fellowship training in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. Together, they provide the safest and most effective procedures tailored ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to statistics released by the Refractive Surgery Council, the volume of laser vision correction ...

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, you may have considered laser eye surgery to correct your vision. Over the last 25 years, millions of Americans have had LASIK (laser-assisted in situ ...

LASIK has been a successful procedure now for many years. The basic steps of the procedure, including a femtosecond lamellar flap and excimer laser ablation, are well understood. However, there is ...

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Key Takeaways PRK might be better if you have thin corneas or worry about dry eye.After LASIK, 90% of people have vision between 20/20 and 20/40 without ...

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE: EYE), a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has ...

Laser eye surgery can help treat a variety of eye conditions and improve vision quality. Treatments such as LASIK have become increasingly popular, but not everyone is a candidate for this surgery. In ...