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There are many different corrective eye surgeries and research should be done before making this important decision.  Those who have been wearing corrective lenses for many years may find their choices are many and information is needed to fid the surgery that is best for them.
 
Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) is a form of surgery that uses […]

Laser assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy is a form of laser eye surgery that many people are turning to more and more, removing the need to wear glasses or contact lenses. Lasek is a relatively new surgery and is almost a variation of PRK laser surgery.
 
The treatment involves using an excimer laser (ultraviolet chemical laser) to burn […]

Laser peripheral Iridotomy or PI is performed on patients who have acute angle closure glaucoma.  It will also correct patients with the problem of narrow angle vision.  A patient has “narrow angles” when the aqueous fluid is not allowing the fluid to drain because of a bowed iris.  The fluid normally escapes the eye by […]

Wouldn’t you love to throw those glasses away and never have to wear them again? Well you can, the advances in eye surgery have given many people the sight needed to ditch those glasses and enter the world of those with two eyes.
 
What is laser eye surgery?
 
Laser eye surgery is a new advance in surgical […]

Intrastromal corneal rings, also known as intracorneal rings are two small, rainbow shaped pieces of plastic that are implanted in the eye to correct poor vision.
 
What does the surgery entail?
 
Eye drops are put in your eye to make your eye numb, this is a local anesthetic and is carried out by a doctor.
 
The doctor will […]

Custom LASIK surgery is an important development in corrective eye surgery.  The surgeon uses a device to send a safe ray of light into your eye.  When the light is reflected off the retina and out through the pupil it is received and made into a pattern.  This will capture lower and higher-order aberrations.  They […]

Histoplasmosis is common for people living in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.  Histoplasmosis is believed caused by the farm dust in that area.  Agriculture is the blamed for the flu-like symptoms of histoplasmosis.  This is especially true because of the soil has been enriched with bird and bat droppings.  Histoplasmosis is usually found in the […]

Glaucoma affects many people around the world and is one of the leading causes of blindness. In the United States alone one in every ten thousand children born has Glaucoma with African-Americans being the most likely to suffer with this condition, but what is Glaucoma?
 
Facts about Glaucoma
 
Glaucoma is not one, but a group of diseases […]

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States.  Your eye has pressure just as your blood does and if it increases to a dangerous level it may damage the optic nerve.  This increased pressure can mean less ability to see objects from the edge of your eye, and could eventually cause […]

In today’s society, many are looking for the convenience and benefits of corrective eye surgery.  The medicine of eye surgery has advanced to a point that many people are both eligible and good candidates for having their vision corrected surgically.
 
There are many different types of eye surgeries and the type you will receive will depend […]