Astigmatism is a very common vision problem. Despite having a somewhat scary-sounding name, astigmatism is not an eye disease — it's simply a refractive error like nearsightedness and farsightedness — and it can be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses and LASIK surgery. Astigmatism typica...
Astigmatism is a common eye condition that can typically be corrected with glasses or contacts. Learn more about astigmatism and how it affects your vision.
Reports that corneal epithelium can cause irregular astigmatism in patients undergoing laser eye surgery. Information on two patients who developed central epithelial sloughing after keratectomy; Remarks from...
Immediately after LASIK, some residual striae are often visible, but may completely disappear the next postop day. Striae outside the visual axis are relatively harmless. One example are the peripheral striae shown in figure 2. Only striae in the ...
Nothing has made as much mark in the ocular world as LASIK surgeries. LASIK, or to give it its proper name, Laser-Assisted in-SItu Keratomileusis, is an almost miraculous form of eye treatment that can treat extremely common problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism....
LASIK for the correction of high hyperopic astigmatism with epithelial thickness monitoring. J Refract Surg. 2017;33:314–321. Reinstein DZ, Archer TJ, Gobbe M. LASIK for myopic astigmatism and presbyopia using non-linear aspheric micro-monovision with the Carl Zeiss Meditec MEL 80 platform....
You may require surgery, such as LASIK, radial keratotomy and cataract surgery, to treat a vision defect. If so, the medical expense of the procedure is eligible for reimbursement through your FSA. The details of coverage may vary depending on the procedure, so it’s recommended that you co...