Refractive Surgery News

Surgeons Accuse Alcon of Concealing Reports of Defective Lasers

"Fears that grew over 'perfect' operation"  LASER eye surgery, by offering patients near-perfect sight in one quick operation, has become a billion-pound industry, using the latest technology to generate vast profits. From the biggest players such as Alcon, a £2 billion eyecare company, to the hundreds of sought-after ophthalmologists, the stakes could not be higher. When a number of doctors from across America began to question whether Alcon's Ladarvision system, a machine using Nasa laser technology, was malfunctioning, the company...
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Pupil Size Again Proven to be a Factor in Night Vision Problems

Pupil size and night vision disturbances after LASIK for myopia Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Volume 82, Issue 4, August 2004, Pages 454-460 Helgesen, A., Hjortdal, J., Ehlers, N. Department of Ophthalmology, Århus University Hospital, Århus, Denmark Eye Department, Århus Kommunehospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Århus C, Denmark Abstract Purpose:  To examine whether standardized, preoperative evaluation of pupil sizes can predict the risk of night vision visual disturbances after bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia. Methods: A prospective study was carried...
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Comparison of Two Moria Microkeratomes

Clinical evaluation of two types of microkeratome for laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology Volume 58, Issue 8, August 2004, Pages 1515-1517 Tagawa, K., Kawasaki, K. , Higashide, T. Dept. of Ophthalmol., Yatsuo General Hosp., Yatsuo Nei Toyama, Japan Jinzu Eye Clin. Department of Ophthalmology, Yatsuo General Hospital, Yatsuo Nei Toyama 939-2376, Japan Abstract We performed laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on 155 eyes using either of two types of microkeratome produced by Moria. Manually operated...
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