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New
Surgical Techniques to Help Patients with Vision Problems After LASIK
Surgery
New York, N.Y. (June
20, 2001) -- Barrie Soloway, MD,
FACS, director of the Vision Correction Center at The New York Eye and
Ear Infirmary, can now offer help to patients with vision problems after
LASIK with the newly developed Automated Lamellar Therapeutic Keratoplasty
(ALTK) to restore corneal material removed during the original surgery.
Since
FDA approval in the 1990s, there has been tremendous growth in the number
of patients who have had LASIK vision correction, but with an increased
amount of surgery, there has also been an increase in the number of
patients reporting problems such as glare, halo, and starburst.
LASIK
vision correction surgery works by removing corneal material to change its
shape. Many vision problems after LASIK have not been correctable because
no more corneal tissue can be removed due to limitations in the amount
which must be left in place for safety. LASIK vision correction surgery
works by removing corneal material to change its shape. Many vision
problems after LASIK have not been correctable because no more corneal
tissue can be removed due to limitations in the amount which must be left
in place for safety.
However, corneal tissue can now be added using
the newest technology available from Moria, a French company involved in
developing advanced LASIK instrumentation. "ALTK has the advantage of
creating thin sections of donor corneal material that can be added to
patients' eyes," said Dr. Soloway.
The first such procedure in
the New York area was done recently on a 51-year-old woman who had
problems that developed during her LASIK surgery. "As soon as the
call came in, at 4:00 PM, we worked with the New York Eye Bank for Sight
Restoration and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary to start the process of
helping this patient," Dr. Soloway added. The surgery was performed
in the main operating room and the patient was awake during the entire
procedure. At the completion of the surgery by 9:00 PM the same day,
within hours of the original complication, Dr. Soloway reported: "We
anticipate a complete recovery of her vision."
Dr. Soloway
is the Director of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary's Vision Correction Center. He is also
Surgical Director of Vista Alliance Eye Care Associates, and has been in
private practice in New York City since 1986. He has been performing
refractive surgery since 1984 ?? first using the excimer laser for vision
correction during the clinical trials in 1990. He was the first doctor in
New York to offer laser vision correction surgery to farsighted patients.
His leadership role in developing large optical zone treatments to prevent
night glare in patients with large pupils has recently been published in a
new text for LASIK surgeons, Customized Corneal Ablation: The Quest for Super Vision.
For
more information on ALTK surgery, visit Dr. Soloway's web site at www.IHATEGLASSES.com
or call 1-888-821-EYES (888-821-3937).
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