Additional Sources
Selected for Balance & Relevance
Mass Media
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. |
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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 |
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| 2. | Fourteen Steps of LASIK |
| www.patient.isrs.org/library/graphics/index.htm | |
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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. |
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| 3. | One Year LASIK Results |
| www.visx.com/eyecare/whitepapers.htm | |
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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. |
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| 4. | Refractive eye surgery: What's the latest? |
| www.mayohealth.org/mayo | |
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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. |
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| 5. | EXCIMER Lasers for Refractive Corneal Surgery |
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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. |
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| 6. | American Academy of Ophthalmology |
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Policy statement on Refractive Surgery. Balanced and well-referenced presentation, which represents a solid mainstream. |
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| 7. | American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons |
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Excellent source of information of a somewhat less conservative nature than the above site. |
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| 8. | SeeWithLasik.com |
| http://www.seewithlasik.com | |
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Comprehensive Information on LASIK & other types of Laser Eye
Surgery, Physicians, Procedures, Patient Selection and a Self
Assessment Quiz. |
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| 9. | Custom LASIK Laser Eye Surgery |
| http://www.custom-cornea-lasik.com | |
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Information and Education on wavefront guided laser eye surgery and custom lasik eye surgery including locations providing complimentary consultation and wavefront measurements. |
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| 10. | LASIK Laser Eye Surgery |
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http://www.eyecaresource.com/procedures/lasik-laser-eye-surgery/ |
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