The Eye Care Blog

German researchers have found that a new femtosecond based intrastromal treatment is more effective in the presbyopia patients. So far the The researchers in the University of Heidelberg have used in nearly 20 such patients successfully. All these patients with the mean age of 56, suffered from presbyopic without any higher myopia or hyperopia.

Worlds largest eye health company Baush & Lomb and 20/10 Perfect Vision AG, the femtosecond laser developer are going to start a new venture whose main focus will be on laser vision correction industry.

Dr. Robert Steigerwalt, Jr. and his associates, discovered a new natural product (Mitrogenol-TM) which claims to reduce the intraocular pressure of the eye.

On Friday, July 11th, 2008 Atlantic Laser Vision Center is celebrating its 10,000th of LASIK Procedure. 

The Advanced Medical Optics received the FDA approval for the iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser. It is claimed to be capable of creating a corneal flap in less than 10 seconds. The laser is designed to create a virtually effortless flap lift. Thus the treatment will be helpful in increasing the biochemical stability of [...]

Dr. Rodriguez , a surgeon in Spain, today speaks about an IntraLase Femtosecond laser that can cure Femtosecond laser-related complications, thus offering a major breakthrough in the field of cataract surgery The study, if successful, can solve various surgical and related problems, sources said. There are various complications like horizontal and vertical gas [...]

Penetrating keratoplasty using a femtosecond laser to create surgical incisions in a zigzag pattern appears bio-mechanically stable, according to a study by researchers in California published in the December issue of Ophthalmology.
Patients treated with the technique showed “excellent” wound closure and integrity, and had only moderate astigmatism within a few months after operation, the [...]