Type of Surgery
Laser / Lasik - Articles
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...
What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...
A Primer on Robotic Surgery
When people first hear the term robotic surgery it is hard not to imagine a robot plucked straight from a science fiction movie standing over a patient...
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...
Understanding the Risks of Surgery
Many modern surgical procedures are both routine and safe but, it is important to remember that there is a certain amount of risk in every surgical...
Calculating the Risks and Benefits of Surgery
Before every surgical procedure, surgeons will determine a risk/benefit ratio either informally or as part of a patient workup. If the ratio is too...
Recovering from Surgery – What to Expect
Surgery recovery is the sequence of steps that occurs from the point at which you awake from anesthesia to the point at which you are fully healed...
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...
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,...
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....
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