Almost everyone today has heard about Lasik eye surgery, but it wasn’t long ago that it was viewed as a brand new and revolutionary innovation. Lasik is actually an acronym that stands for laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis. It was development thanks to several advances in ophthalmologic technology, the first of which was the microkeratome blade [...]
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The History LASIK Surgery
January 27th, 2010 
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No Comments »Lasik Vision Surgery: New Technology Prevents Side Effects
December 4th, 2009 admin If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard about some of the side effects associated with getting lasik vision correction surgery. For instance, after getting lasik surgery some people complain about symptoms of glare, halos and decreased night vision.In fact, I remember attending a business briefing where the speaker started by mentioning he just had lasik [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: Aberrations, Astigmatism, Better Vision, Captain Steve, Cornea, Eye Surgery, Farsightedness, Going To Heaven, Halos, Navy Captain, Navy Medical Center San Diego, Nearsightedness, Patient Satisfaction, Refractive Errors, Refractive Surgery, Schallhorn, Us Navy, Vision Correction Surgery, Vision Surgery, Wavefront Guided Lasik No Comments »How Lasers are Revolutionizing Surgical Procedures
November 14th, 2009 admin The laser existed in theory long before it existed in reality. Albert Einstein was exploring the concept as early as 1917 when he was writing his seminal study on The Quantum Theory of Radiation. But even after the first working laser was successfully tested in 1960, people were skeptical about whether light could be used [...]
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