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Eye Surgery: LASIK Surgery, EPI-Lasik and ALK

Wanda — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:50:13 +0000

Vision correction using eye surgery has become quite common in the past few years with more and more people opting to undergo the procedure in order to reduce or eliminate the need for wearing glasses or contact lenses. Others may require eye surgery for other problems including cataracts and glaucoma. Refractive Surgical Procedures Refractive surgical...

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Understanding glaucoma surgery

Wanda — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:37:48 +0000

Glaucoma is a very serious condition that is actually a bunch of diseases working together that cause damage to the optic nerve. The problem with this condition is that there may not be any symptoms and damage may be done before it is diagnosed. Doctors usually start with treatments that are related to medications as...

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How to Choose a LASIK Surgeon

Wanda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:01:08 +0000

For people who wear corrective lenses, Lasik surgery seems like a dream come true, allowing them to exchange uncomfortable and expensive eyeglasses or contact lenses for perfect, unaided vision. However, with the wrong surgeon, Lasik surgery can quickly become a nightmare. Your vision can be permanently damaged without the hope of correction, or even lost...

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Cataract Surgery – Painless Cataract Surgery

Wanda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:34:18 +0000

Cataract surgery was something that people tended to avoid if possible, 20 years ago, but today it is such a common procedure that people no longer stress about it all that much. More than 2.7 million Americans had this type of surgery just last year and 95% of those people have experienced remarkably improved vision. ...

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Understanding LASIK Surgery

Wanda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:30:34 +0000

Although the term LASIK eye surgery is becoming more commonplace many people aren’t aware of what the surgery actually entails. The LASIK acronym stands for Laser assisted in-Situ Keratomileusis and is sometimes referred to as “flap and zap” becauses the surgeon makes a small flap in the cornea and removes some of the tissue exposed...

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EPI LASIK Surgery

Wanda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:19:01 +0000

The awesome Epi-Lasik surgery procedure Epi-LASIK is short for epithelial laser in-situ keratomileusis, which is a very advanced form of corneal surgery and a variation of LASIK surgery. It is used to correct farsightedness, nearsightedness, and astigmatism. This type of procedure brings together some of the best features from LASIK, PPK, as well as LASEK. ...

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