Better Wavefront-guided Results Reported with Epi-LASIK than with Femtosecond LASIK.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- At the Moria speakers' forum during the symposium of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive refractive capacity to refract light. refractive error a difference between the focal length of the cornea and lens, and the length of the eye, resulting in myopia or hyperopia. Surgeons, Dr. Michael Endl of Fichte-Endl Eye Associates presented the results of a retrospective analysis of patients treated with flapless Epi-LASIK compared to patients treated with femtosecond LASIK LASIK laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis. LA·SIK n. Eye surgery in which the surface of the cornea is reshaped using a laser, performed to correct certain refractive disorders such as myopia. . After six weeks, the Epi-LASIK patients had better visual outcomes, more accurate results, and greater improvement in ablation profiles than the patients treated with the femtosecond device. The study covered a total of 218 patients - one group treated with the Moria Epi-K(TM), and another group treated with the IntraLase([R]) 60 kHz laser. Dr. Endl is not a paid consultant of Moria. In his practice, Epi-LASIK now accounts for over 48% of all laser vision correction patients. The Moria Epi-K(TM) is the world's leading epikeratome. The latest ASCRS ASCRS American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery ASCRS American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons survey of trends in refractive surgery Refractive surgery A surgical procedure that corrects visual defects. Mentioned in: Photorefractive Keratectomy and Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis refractive surgery , which was also presented during the ASCRS meeting, indicated a strong trend toward surface ablation, and that in 2006, the Moria Epi-K(TM) was the most commonly used epikeratome by 69% of respondents, an increase from 54% in 2005. For further information, please contact Moria. |
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