by James S. Lewis, MD SENIOR SECTIONAL EDITOR updated July 3, 2015 The average LASIK surgery costs between $1500 and $2500 an eye. In 2014, nearly two decades after the first procedures were performed, LASIK surgeons are almost always well-established professionals with excellent surgical skills and top of the line equipment. …
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NIDEK’S QUEST: The New EC-5000 EXCIMER Laser Platform
BY JAMES S. LEWIS, MD JULY 2016 | INSERT TO CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY WHY DID YOU CHOOSE NIDEK FOR YOUR EXCIMER LASER UPDATE? The Quest EC-5000 is the latest incarnation of NIDEK’s work-horse line of excimer lasers. NIDEK remains the only manufacturer to remain click-fee free. During the past 17 years, high-volume surgeons and …
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Fixing a Decentered Ablation
April 2016 By James S. Lewis, MD; Charles R. Moore, MD; Asim Piracha, MD; and William F. Wiley, MD VIEW PDF Case Presentation A 30-year-old man is referred to you. Prior to LASIK, his manifest refraction was -7.50 +1.25 × 174 = 20/20 OD and -7.25 +0.75 × 19 = 20/20 OS (Figure 1). Figure 1. Preoperative measurements …
The Experts Agree – NIDEK
Technically Speaking... The Experts Agree. There's a lot to like with NIDEK. NIDEK RS-3000 Advance OCT NIDEK Inc The Art of Eye Care …
LASIK Weasel
A LASIK company just announced $250 an eye All LASER LASIK. Instead of using an asterisk so they can list the reasons you won't qualify they inserted a heart. After all, it is close to Valentine's Day. If you keep reading they promise another $800 off if you are a member of AAA or you have a health club membership. Does that mean they …