PRK, or photorefractive keratectomy, is LASIK's tough older brother and the very first laser eye surgery performed. The technology used in both PRK and LASIK procedures, the excimer laser, was created ...

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) were greeted as clinical breakthroughs when made available in the 1990s, but this did not stop researchers from trying to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Female gender as well as preoperative dry eye symptoms and procedure type all had a significant effect on dry ...

As eye surgeons have mastered the ability to correct vision with excimer laser technology, LASIK surgery has surged in popularity. It's no wonder—the procedure is safe and effective for people who are ...

Ophthalmologists began using laser surgery to correct vision about 25 years ago, and today LASIK and PRK remain among the safest and most effective procedures available. At the forefront of LASIK and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...

Johnson & Johnson Vision has secured FDA approval for a new laser eye surgery indication for its iDesign Refractive Studio system. In addition, the company unveiled plans for the U.S. rollout of a ...

Hindsight may be 20/20 — but not everyone's eyesight is. For those of us with less-than-perfect vision, a popular path to clearer sight is LASIK, an acronym for a type of eye surgery known as "laser ...

Researchers are developing a futuristic alternative to LASIK that reshapes the eye without lasers or incisions. Using mild electrical pulses and platinum contact lenses, they temporarily soften the ...