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Mass Media

1.Consumer Reports: Your Health: Zap your Myopic Eyes? June 1999 p.56-57. Balanced     treatment of the relative pros and  cons of  excimer procedures.  Overall well done and informative.

                                      

Internet resources

  1. PRK & LASIK Today Eye Site.                                               www.prk.com                                                                                                                   PRK & LASIK Today is a nonprofit organization providing information on laser eye surgery. This site features an extensive menu on photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedures, including a worldwide direct
  1. Fourteen Steps of LASIK                                                         www.patient.isrs.org/library/graphics/index.htm                                                                    This site by the International Society of Refractive Surgery offers an interesting 14-page photographic essay on the laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis(LASIK) surgical procedure.
  1. One Year LASIK Results                                                         www.visx.com/eyecare/whitepapers.htm                                                                            The creators of the VISX excimer laser system offer a library of research papers on laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK), photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and other laser surgeries.

4.  Refractive eye surgery: What's the latest?                           www.mayohealth.org/mayo                                                                                          Replete with diagrams and helpful reference links, this informative page on refractive eye surgeries is part of the Mayo Clinic's Health Oasis site, a comprehensive and easy-to-use health source for novices and experts alike.

  1. EXCIMER Lasers for Refractive Corneal Surgery                 www.rli.com/rk.html                                                                                                          This site provides a historical perspective on laser eye surgery and offers information on the early research performed by physicians and physicists in the U.S. and Europe. It is sponsored by Rockwell Laser Industries.

    6.  American Academy of Ophthalmology:                                        www.eyenet.org                 

P            Policy statement on Refractive Surgery.  Balanced and well-referenced presentation, which   represents a solid mainstream.            

         7.  American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons             www.ascrs.org        

                Excellent source of information of a somewhat less conservative nature than the above site.

 

 

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