December '05
After a Decade, LASIK Surgery Still a Luxury
Millions have had vision correction, but perfect eyesight is not guaranteed
from MSNBC.com |
November '05
Getting Rid of Glasses for Good
Even LASIK patients can't focus up close as they grow older. A second procedure shows promise in clearing the blur
from The Los Angeles Times |
September '04
FDA Expected to Approve New Corrective Eye Surgery
Implantable lenses offer hope to the very nearsighted; A potential rival for LASIK.
from The Wall Street Journal |
May '03
Visx Wins FDA Approval for New Laser Eye Surgery
The FDA grants approval to the Visx "S4" system upgrade which allows wavefront-guided treatment, a new and more precise laser vision-correction procedure, which has been shown to give patients consistently better vision and reduced side effects than earlier techniques.
from The Wall Street Journal |
March '03
US Army study of soldiers after PRK finds no significant loss of visual acuity after surgery, and no loss of resolution with night vision goggles
Ophthalmology vol 110(3);pp 525-530 |
January '03
Visx Focusing on Laser Eye Surgery's New Wave
Los Angeles Times Business Section, page C1 |
September '02
I Can See: A Half Century of Artificial Sight Research Has Succeeded, and Now This Blind Man Can See
article and cover story in Wired Magazine |
May '02
Implantable Contact Lenses Are In Sight
Los Angeles Times Health Section, page S1 |
May '02
Intraocular Lens Preferred Over LASIK for Correction of High Nearsightedness news release from the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
February '02
VISX Receives FDA Approval for Custom-CAP Treatment Method |
January '02
Eye Surgeons Warning on LASIK
The American Academy of Ophthalmology ("AAO") says that very short-sighted people "should not have" LASIK. This is a statement by the AAO alerting both surgeons and patients to some of the problems encountered when attempting treatment of myopes with very high refractions. To summarize, the report says “results were quite good for myopia of less than 8 diopters, somewhat worse up to 10 diopters and then tailed off. In the same report, the AAO said that astigmatism results seemed quite good up to 4 diopters, and tailed off up to 6 diopters."
NOTE: I concur completely with this statement, and counsel with caution in patients with very high corrections. Evaluation of candidacy for LASIK or PRK should consider several factors other than the eyeglass prescription (for high myopes, corneal thickness, corneal curvature radius and pupil size are especially important). Surgeon judgment, laser system used (whether or not the laser is a ‘tissue-sparing’ system), the microkeratome (which influences flap thickness) and other factors will all influence the determination of whether or not a particular individual is considered a “good candidate” or not. |
| April '01 - Visx Receives FDA Approval for Variable Spot Scanning, Enhancing Treatment Options |