SLINGERLANDS, U.S.A. — Thinner LASIK flaps were associated with fewer epithelial defects in a study of 1,200 eyes here. Making thinner flaps may help lower the rate of epithelial abnormalities ...

NEW YORK — For managing LASIK flap dislocations, surgeons can use the “lift and smooth” technique when there is intact epithelium and the patient has short-lived striae. But in the presence of a large ...

A 34-year-old man presented with a 1 week history of redness and watering of both eyes, associated with discomfort and blurred vision. The symptoms had initially started in the right eye and then ...

Sixteen eyes of eight consecutive patients with myopia ⩽6 D were selected for this prospective, randomized, comparative, interventional case series. Epi-LASIK surgery was performed in all eyes. In one ...

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 – ...

LASEK is an eye surgery that combines many of the benefits of other vision correction surgeries. Laser epithelial keratomileusis, or LASEK, combines benefits of the two most commonly performed ...

We asked for your questions last week after features on the vision-correcting surgical procedures Lasik and radial keratotomy. Here, Dr. Rex Hamilton, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the ...

Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is a surgical procedure that can improve your vision. It permanently reshapes the tissue in the front of your eye, and these changes last your whole life.

A person’s eye usually takes 2–3 months to heal after laser-assisted in situ keratomileuses (LASIK) surgery. However, certain factors may affect a person’s recovery time. LASIK is a surgical procedure ...