Items Tagged ‘LASIK’
November 13, 2009
Laser Ablation Not Harmful to Corneal Endothelium
Laser surgery to correct refractive errors had no long-term detrimental effects on the corneal endothelium, a small study found. The findings suggest that eye banks and surgeons can consider donor corneas that have had keratorefractive procedures for use in posterior lamellar keratoplasty, according to Sanjay V. Patel, MD, and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: Endothelium, LASIK
November 11, 2009
Laser Eye Surgery Safe Long-Term: Study
Laser eye surgery doesn’t appear to have long-term effects on the cells that line the inside of the cornea, a new study has found… The study findings are published in the November issue of the journal Archives of Ophthalmology. “Our results support the findings of numerous short-term studies that found no significant endothelial […]
Tags: Laser Eye Surgery, LASIK