http://www.optometryproductguide.com/blog A comprehensive guide to optometry products for medical professionals Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://www.optometryproductguide.com/blog/2009/12/10/femtosecond-sbk-proves-slightly-more-effective-than-lasek-for-myopia/ http://www.optometryproductguide.com/blog/2009/12/10/femtosecond-sbk-proves-slightly-more-effective-than-lasek-for-myopia/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:23:28 +0000 Jim Marino http://www.optometryproductguide.com/blog/?p=171 Femtosecond laser sub-Bowman’s keratomileusis and LASEK safely and effectively corrected myopia, according to a study. However, femtosecond laser sub-Bowman’s keratomileusis yielded somewhat better visual and refractive outcomes at 3 months after surgery. A total of 1,072 eyes were treated with femtosecond SBK and 1,036 eyes received LASEK with or without mitomycin C. SBK patients had a mean age of 31.03 years; LASEK patients had a mean age of 30.5 years.

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