A study led by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago compares the safety, effectiveness and reliability of the two most common types of laser eye surgery, laser epithelial ...

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Laser eye surgery uses a laser to change the shape of the cornea, the dome-shaped part of your eye. The cornea's shape impacts the way light bends. It can ...

This is accomplished in both surgeries, LASIK and LASEK, using a device known as an excimer laser. This cool beam, computer driven, ultraviolet laser changes the shape of the cornea by a chemical ...

The Lasik surgery costs between $1200 and $2600 for one eye. The LASEK will cost anywhere between $1800 and $2800 for one eye. The cost of LTK surgery ranges somewhere between $1500 and $2500 for one ...

Jeffery Fischer, MD, of Willmar, Minn.-based Fischer Laser Eye Center, is one of the first surgeons in the Midwest to adopt the Customized Aspheric Treatment Zone LASEK, or CATz LASEK. The ...

Is laser eye surgery good for eyes? “Laser eye surgery is good as long as your eyes meet the criteria for safe treatment,” says Ali, adding that technology has moved on leaps and bounds since lasers ...

Cutting-edge laser eye surgery procedures for active-duty Soldiers are now available as Winn Army Community Hospital officials opened the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program (WRESP) Center ...

In the retrospective, case-matched study, eyes that had undergone laser eye surgery were matched for a number of measures, including visual acuity and astigmatism; 122 LASIK-treated eyes were ...

A study comparing the safety, effectiveness and reliability of LASIK and LASEK has found no clinically significant differences between the two types of laser eye surgery. The study, led by a ...