LCA-Vision to Open LasikPlus Vision Center in Kansas City.CINCINNATI -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq:LCAV LCAV Legal Community Against Violence (San Francisco, CA) LCAV Logistics Support Center Customer Asset Visibility ), a leading provider of fixed-site laser vision correction services at its LasikPlus vision centers, today announced the opening of a new LasikPlus vision center in Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County (WyCo); it is part of the "Unified Government"[2] which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. , its first facility serving the greater Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). area. The new vision center is equipped with technologically advanced lasers and diagnostic equipment, including Bausch & Lomb, VISX and Alcon lasers, offering patients a wide choice of traditional laser vision correction and advanced custom procedures. Stephen Wiles wile n. 1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator. 3. Trickery; cunning. , M.D., a board-certified ophthalmologist ophthalmologist /oph·thal·mol·o·gist/ (of?thal-mol´ah-jist) a physician who specializes in ophthalmology. oph·thal·mol·o·gist n. A physician who specializes in ophthalmology. , leads the Kansas City medical team. "We see tremendous upside opportunity within the laser vision correction market and are excited about now being able to offer consumers in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area the many benefits LasikPlus provides its patients," stated Stephen N. Joffe, LCA-Vision chairman and chief executive officer. "To date, only 3 percent of the approximately 150 million Americans who wear eye glasses or contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl have elected to have laser vision correction. LCA LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCA Saint Lucia (ISO Country code) LCA Life Cycle Analysis LCA Linux.conf.au (Australian Linux conference) LCA Labor Condition Application LCA Light Combat Aircraft Vision currently holds a fraction of this highly fragmented and growing market, and we expect to continue to gain market share with our ability to provide patients both a broad selection of advanced laser and diagnostic equipment and excellent clinical outcomes at an affordable price. "With the opening of this new LasikPlus vision center as well as our recently announced Jacksonville, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri vision center openings, we have met our goal of opening six to eight new laser vision correction centers by the end of this year." LCA-Vision currently operates 44 laser vision correction centers, including 40 wholly owned LasikPlus vision centers located in large metropolitan markets throughout the United States, three joint ventures in Canada and one joint venture in Europe. This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may result in actual results to differ materially from current expectations. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties that LCA-Vision faces, please refer to LCA-Vision's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, its Forms 10-K and 10-Q. |
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