September 7, 2012 — A biologic tissue adhesive protocol using fibrinogen (FIB), riboflavin (RF), and long-wavelength (365 nm) UVA light successfully bound corneal tissue of sharks and rabbits and may ...

Despite its popularity and safety track record, laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) remains associated with the rare but significant complication of corneal ectasia. One theoretical advantage of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Loss of corneal sensation and presence of dry eye signs and symptoms are greater in eyes that have undergone LASIK with a superior-hinged flap – attached at the top of the cornea – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nine eyes of eight patients (one woman and seven men) were treated for ocular trauma: blunt trauma (n=5), sharp ...

Researchers have developed a procedure for using an ultrafast laser to make clean, high-precision surgical cuts in the human cornea. The procedure is expected to advance the popular LASIK eye surgery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, two different corneal inlays for the treatment of presbyopia are undergoing U.S. Food and ...

Safety. Precision. Customization. Affordability. Sound like good things? They are. And they also characterize today's LASIK Eye Surgery. As doubts about the procedure vanish, more and more ...

"It turns out that the flap that we make in LASIK is not an innocent bystander," says Roger F. Steinert, M.D., 2005 ASCRS president, professor of ophthalmology, professor of biomedical engineering, ...

For patients looking for Lasik, it can be difficult for patients to size up a surgeon, said Dr. James Salz, a spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “If you look up all our websites, we ...

LASIK eye surgery to correct a person’s vision has been in use since the mid-1990s, but lingering questions as to the long-term effects still come to mind for past and potential patients. But LASIK ...