Any surgery that is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease the need for glasses and contact lenses is referred to as refractive eye surgery. Refractive eye surgery is most often used to treat the common vision disorders myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. There are many determining factors in choosing [...]
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What is Refractive Eye Surgery?
December 27th, 2009 
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October 7th, 2009 admin Any surgery that is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease the need for glasses and contact lenses is referred to as refractive eye surgery. The most common methods of refractive eye surgery today use excimer lasers to reshape the curvature of the cornea. Refractive eye surgery is most often used [...]
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