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Finding a LASIK Surgeon
The growing popularity of LASIK surgery in the United States means that consumers like yourself are given an immense amount of freedom of choice....

Introduction to Laser Eye Surgery
With a simple, non-invasive procedure and a few weeks of recovery time, laser or LASIK eye surgery can eliminate the need for corrective glasses and...

Finding an Eye Surgeon
Once you’ve made the decision to undergo eye surgery, the next big step is to choose who your surgeon will be. This is no small undertaking; once...

Lasers in Cosmetic Surgery
When you think of lasers you may imagine a science fiction movie and some sort of weapon sending a flash of light across the silver screen. While...

Correcting Your Vision - Laser Eye Surgery
Aside from its role in cosmetic surgery and procedures, laser technology has revolutionized the practice of vision correction surgery. Laser eye...

Introduction to Eye Surgery
Eye surgery, or ocular surgery, is there to help keep one of our most important senses healthy and functional. Vision problems have plagued people...

Finding a Surgeon
Finding a surgeon refers to the process of choosing a doctor with specialized training in one or more branches of surgery to perform a specific...

Microsurgery
Microsurgery is surgery that is performed on very small structures, such as blood vessels and nerves, with specialized instruments under a microscope...

Ophthalmologic Surgery
Ophthalmologic surgery is a surgical procedure performed on the eye or any part of the eye.PurposeSurgery on...

Choosing a Surgeon
While you will probably not be golfing with him or her anytime soon (nor would you likely want to!), you should learn a few things about the person...

Ophthalmologist or Optometrist – Which Do You Need?
The first step to finding an ophthalmologist is to determine if you need an ophthalmologist. There is a significant amount...

Finding an Ophthalmologist – Subspecialties
It may be surprising to many patients that almost all ophthalmologists complete a subspecialization within the field of ophthalmology. Despite being...

Correcting Refractive Errors of the Eye - Laser Thermal Keratoplasty
Laser Thermal Keratoplasty is a laser eye surgery that is meant to increase the curvature of the cornea and thereby correct farsightedness and astigmatism...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

The Cost of LASIK Eye Surgery
There is no shortage of special pricing, discounts, and bargains when it comes to LASIK eye surgery. Given the ease and success of the procedure,...

Vitrectomy Surgery - Removing Vitreous Humor From the Eye
Rather than being a single solid sphere, the eye is actually composed of several chambers. The largest of these chambers houses the vitreous humor...

Main Types of Cataract Surgery and Costs
Cataracts are a disorder of the eye in which the lens becomes thicker over time. This thickness blocks light from passing through the lens and also...

Alphabet Soup - PRK vs. LASIK
There are several options that patients and eye surgeons have for vision correction surgery. Two of the more common procedures are PRK and LASIK....

Eye Microsurgery
Microsurgery is any surgery that is performed using a surgical microscope. Examples of microsurgery include the attachment of severed blood vessels or...

One Day Surgery
Day surgery refers to a surgical procedure that takes place in a single working day, from preoperative preparation, the surgical procedure, postoperative...

Laser Surgery Information
While it was simply a thing of science fiction a few decades ago, virtually every field of surgery has at least one laser surgery procedure. The reasons...