In addition to these resources, you can also do a Google search for LASIK surgeons in your area (for example, a search for "LASIK San Diego") and learn more about these doctors from their own websites. What To Ask a Refractive Surgeon After you find a surgeon, make an appointment for ...
SAN DIEGO — New oval suction rings may be help create smaller oval flaps during myopic LASIK surgery, according to a presentation here at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting. Mohamed El-Kateb, MD, PhD, and co...
4. American Academy of Ophthalmology Cataract and Anterior Segment Panel. Cataract in the Adult Eye PPP – 2016. https://www.aao.org/preferred-practice-pattern/cataract-in-adult-eye-ppp-2016. October 2016. Accessed March 8, 2018. Alice T. Epitropoulos, MD, FACS Clinical Assistant Professor,...
Perry S. Binder, MS, MD: My practice had the Novatec laser (Novatec Laser Systems Inc., San Diego, CA), which worked nicely. A solid-state laser that was less costly both up front and to operate would supplant the argon-fluoride excimer lasers. Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS: It is po...
2. Luchs JI, Buznego C, Trattler WB. Asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic blepharitis in patients having cataract surgery. Poster presented at: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting; May 25-29, 2011; San Diego. ...
Wavefront effects of LASIK, PRK comparedSan Diego-Both conventional LASIK and PRK induce higher-order aberrations to a similar extent, but their effects on individual aberrations are distinctly different, according to Capt. Steve C. Schallhorn, MD.C. Guttman...
Dr Schallhorn is also chief medical director for Optical Express in Glasgow, Scotland, and has a private practice in San Diego. He said that there were concerns about how LASIK would perform in space, such as how the flap would hold up in a low-oxygen, low-pressure environment. ...
Dr. Davidorf was an Academic All-American at the University of California, Berkeley; he continued his training at the University of California, San Diego, UCLA, and The Ohio State University. He completed an international fellowship in refractive surgery in South America, where he researched and...
this phase will involve 500 volunteers selected sequentially from among active-duty military patients being treated with lasik surgery at the navy refractive surgery center in san diego. these patients will be assessed before surgery and at 1, 3, and 6 months afterward. "for phase 2, we hope ...
Overall, I believe that this new, minimally invasive method of surgery could present a feasible alternative to invasive LASIK and intraocular surgery in moderate to high myopes.Albert Daxer, MD, PhDAdvanstar Communications Inc.