Trusted LASIK Surgeons has announced that the LASIK Laser Cataract and vision correction experts at Baylor Vision of Houston have joined the Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory, an informational resource for consumers seeking to improve their vision through laser eye surgery or other refractive surgery procedure and to find highly qualified refractive surgeon to perform their eye surgery. The Baylor Vision experts regularly treat patients seeking laser eye surgery, refractive procedures cataract surgery.

According to a study conducted at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., has found that laser eye surgery that corrects vision does not lead to later problems with the cornea – at least not after nine years . Two types of laser surgery—photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)—are often used to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness.

Presbyopia, in combination with myopia, hyperopia and emmetropia, can be effectively and safely treated by Presbyopic LASIK that uses a new nonlinear aspheric ablation profile. This profile increases the depth of field of the eye, Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, MA(Cantab), FRCSC, FRCOphth said while presenting a study on nonlinear aspheric presbyopic micro-monovision at a symposium sponsored by Carl Zeiss Meditec during the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Francisco.

Carl Zeiss Meditec has announced the newest innovations OPMI Lumera® i Surgical Microscope and VISULAS Trion™ Combi System. These new systems include diagnostic and surgical applications covering the entire spectrum of patient care and supporting all major segments of ophthalmology, including cataract/refractive, retina and glaucoma. These innovations are designed to provide the clinician with better diagnostic and treatment options while streamlining efficiency in the practice.  OPMI Lumera® i Surgical Microscope includes a touch-screen control panel, integrated camera control and an ergonomic foot pedal whereas VISULAS Trion™ Combi System is world’s first multi-color photocoagulator.

A novel technology called Zyoptix Advanced Control Eyetracking (ACE) can emerge as an effective treatment for the treatment of astigmatism and severe myopia. The innovative technique has the ability to track eyeball’s rotation during a laser eye surgery. Earlier, eye rotation during surgery influenced the predictability of surgical outcomes. That is why doctors discouraged patients of short-sightedness and astigmatism from going for LASIK. Designed to advance the patient safety, ACE also adjusts the laser ablation pattern for the duration of the laser surgery.

A new surgery known as sutureless eye surgery has helped carry out around 80 successful operations. It heals wounds much faster than through conventional procedures. The specialty of the surgery is the use of exceptionally smaller and disposable instruments that are inserted into the eye of the patient with the use of a tiny cannula. When it is removed from the eye, the wound is much smaller and less painful. The procedure also takes lesser time. The surgery is being carried out at Bristol Eye Hospital.

The U.S, Food and Drug Administration has approved Akorn, Inc.’s Akten™ Ophthalmic Gel 3.5%, the first approval to an ocular anesthetic in the last 40 years. The preservative free product is stored at room temperature and can be used in any ocular applications such as cataract surgery, Lasik surgery and refractive surgery that need a topical anesthetic. This is the company’s first NDA drug product developed internally.

According to research by scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, people with a certain low level of tear production have a higher probability of developing chronic dry eye syndrome after having undergone LASIK surgery. The laser refractive surgery is done to correct near- and far-sightedness. The study, published in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, may help ophthalmologists find out if these patients require pretreatment and whether or not surgery is appropriate for such persons.

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A study published in the April Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Babies) has indicated that babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches up” after corrective surgery. Before surgery, infants with esotropia had delays in both sensorimotor and gross motor development. However, post-surgery, infants had no delays in developmental milestones and they actually had a faster rate of sensorimotor development, suggesting that correcting their binocular vision helped their development to “catch up” to that of normal infants.