Laser Eye Surgery

ST. LOUIS, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/15/09 -- TLC Vision Corporation (NASDAQ: TLCV) (TSX: TLC), North America's premier eye care services company, today responded to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement regarding warning letters issued to LASIK facilities. James B. Tiffany, President and Chief Operating Officer of TLCVision, commented, "Over the course of the last 4 months, six TLCVision refractive surgery centers were inspected...  

PR Web (press release)LASIK Eye Surgeons in San Diego Announce Launch of New, State-of-the-Art WebsitePR Web (press release)Overall, Gordon & Weiss Vision Institute's new website - co-developed with San Diego website design firm Rosemont Media® - is designed to give detailed ...  

FDA announces review of Lasik: Are you a good candidate? Spurred by complaints of adverse events, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that they would launch a multi-year study to examine the potential impact on quality of life from Lasik laser-vision correction surgery. Lasik surgery permanently reshapes the cornea with a laser but consumers face a lack of reliable data...  

The US Food and Drug Administration has launched a collaborative study to investigate the potential impact of Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) eye surgery on patients' quality of life. The project will seek to establish the proportion of LASIK patients in the US who experience significant post-procedure quality of life problems such as blurred vision and dry eyes.  

Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): A research team, including an Indian-origin boffin, 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 [...]  

In June 2008, Dr. Robert Beitman gave a speech at Wayne State University on the business of high-volume LASIK surgery. Nearly 18 months later, Beitman tells a very different story. Many potential patients are holding off on elective procedures, he ...  

Boxer Wachler Vision Institute Announces First Ever `LASIK Idol` ContestReutersWinner of Most Eye Catching Music Video Will Receive Free LASIK Procedure LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)-- World-renowned eye surgeon Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler ...and more »  

Discovery -- NASA technology that allows the Hubble telescope to focus on distant stars now offers LASIK eye surgery patients customized options for fine-tuned night vision, superior image contrast and sight even beyond 20/20.  

How strongly do I believe this? So much so that if Lasik surgery were free I wouldn't get it. Wait, I'll go even further: I wouldn't get it if you paid me $100,000. Why? Very simple: the chance of a...  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has started investigating some previously unreported LASIK side effects, including blurred vision and dry eyes. The negative longterm side effects of the LASIK procedure are relatively unknown.Contributor: Brian HaugheyPublished: Oct 16, 2009  

Three federal agencies — the Food and Drug Administration, the Defense Department and the National Eye Institute — announced last week that they are launching a three-year effort to gauge how many, and which, patients suffer troubling symptoms after undergoing the vision correction procedure called Lasik.  

The same intralase laser vision correction technology used for Lasik is now being used for cornea transplants. It's stronger compared to a traditional cornea transplant that uses a conventional surgical cutting blade.  

CINCINNATI, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV), a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus® brand, today announced financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.  

The operator of LasikPlus vision correction centers plans to close 10 of its locations as it continues to deal with a drop in surgeries amid the recession.from NewsChannel 8  

Presbia, a company focused on surgical solutions for presbyopia, today announced that ophthalmic surgeons Dr Michael Gordon and Dr Robert Maloney have agreed to join to its Medical Advisory Board Drs Gordon and Maloney will join Prof Ioannis Pallikaris, widely regarded as the ?father? of LASIK surgery, who was appointed as chair of the recently formed Board.Presbia Chief Executive Officer Zohar Loshitzer said of the two new members of the...