Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Key Takeaways PRK might be better if you have thin corneas or worry about dry eye.After LASIK, 90% of people have vision between 20/20 and 20/40 without ...

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Yes, I would, especially if the residual bed is thin, ...

The LASIK procedure also uses the excimer laser to reshape the cornea, but this is done under a thin corneal flap, which preservers the surface epithelial cells. Rather than scraping away the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The reason for undergoing refractive surgery as a member of the U.S. military is not necessarily a medical one.

Most people opt for eye correction surgery in summer as the weather is warm and includes vacation as well. The two main laser eye surgery options are LASIK and PRK. Although the results of the two ...

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 ...

Clinically significant corneal haze is an infrequent complication of refractive laser surgery with an incidence of 1.44% reported in both PRK and LASIK. 1 We report a case of a patient who developed ...