| Over 40? LASIK Eye Surgery Succeeds
April 20, 2007 -- More and more baby boomers are having laser eye surgery to free themselves from contacts, bifocals, and even reading glasses. Now new research finds that most can expect good outcomes when they have realistic expectations. "Patients 40 and over present special challenges, and they need to understand that going in," laser surgeon Jose de la Cruz Napoli, MD, tells WebMD. "But we have [surgical] options to give them full vision correction, so they can see well near and far away." Along with colleagues from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, de la Cruz Napoli examined outcomes from 710 eyes which had laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgeries performed on 424 patients between the ages of 40 and 69. Following the surgeries, 20/30 vision (a person with 20/30 vision can see something clearly at 20 feet what a person with 20/20 person can see at 30 feet.) was restored in 86% to 100% of eyes corrected for nearsightedness and 80% to 84% of eyes corrected for farsightedness.
Popularity of LASIK Helping to Drive World Refractive Vision ...
NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The popularity of laser vision correction coupled with newer technologies, such as bladeless LASIK and phakic intraocular lens implants, are setting the stage for tremendous worldwide growth in the refractive vision correction market, driving sales from $1.3 billion in 2006 to an estimated $4.5 billion in 2009, according to Refractive Vision Correction Worldwide: A Market Analysis, a new industry analysis from market research firm Kalorama Information. With the combination of a rapidly aging population, increasing incidence of myopia and presbyopia, underserved world markets and .
Art performance held to mark Vietnam Disabled Day
VietNamNet Bridge - A grand art performance was held in Hanoi on April 15 to raise funds marking the annual Vietnam Disabled Day which falls on April 18. Entitled ‘One Heart, One World,' the show, the fourth of its kind so far, aims at raising people's awareness on caring and protecting the disabled and orphaned children, while encouraging them to further integrate into the community. The show is also a chance for people to raise funds to help disadvantaged children and people. The total donation from the April 15 show amounted to VND 4 billion. The money will be used to provide vocational training, free eye surgery and functional rehabilitation, as well as presenting them with facilities for everyday life. The show was jointly organised by the Vietnam Association for the Disabled and Orphaned children.
Allegretto Wave Eye-Q granted wavefront-guided, mixed astigmatism ...
STERLING, Va. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved wavefront-guided and mixed astigmatism indications for WaveLight's Allegretto Wave Eye-Q system, the company announced in a press release. The FDA approved the Eye-Q system for reducing or eliminating up to 7 D of spherical equivalent of myopia or myopia with astigmatism, with up to 7 D of spherical component and up to 3 D of astigmatic component at the spectacle plane. The system is approved for use on patients at least 18 years of age who have a documented stable manifest refraction defined as less than or equal to 0.5 D of preoperative spherical equivalent shift over 1 year preop, according to the release. Procedures performed using the system can also be done with a custom offset of 3 D to +1 D for sphere and 3 D to 0 D for cylinder, the release said.
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