by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Santa Barbara recently asked me about vision with contact lenses vs. LASIK. A recent study published in the prestigious medical journal Ophthalmology found that former contact lens wearers were happier with LASIK than contact lens wearers who continued to wear contacts. The difference became more pronounced as time went on. The study involved […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A study recently published in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery found that visual performance and patient satisfaction remained high at the five year mark after LASIK laser vision correction. This long term study, conducted in Scotland, looked at 2530 LASIK patients with an overall average age of 42.4 years. Pre-operative prescriptions ranged from […]
by David Shapiro, MD
Speaking at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, our largest and most important annual meeting, Dr. Kerry Solomon summarized a massive effort he had undertaken: a systematic review of all articles about LASIK published in medical journals worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The idea was to provide a true […]
by David Shapiro, MD
The FDA just approved a new refractive lens implant for use in cataract surgery to improve vision at near, intermediate, and far distances without glasses, bifocals, reading glasses, or contacts. This new lens is the Tecnis Symphony IOL (intraocular lens) and it already has been approved in 50 other countries. It aims to offer superior […]
by David Shapiro, MD
We are honored to be quoted in a recent LIVESTRONG.com article on vision, glasses, contacts, and headaches. This excellent article by Kate Bayless discusses various causes of headaches and makes the specific point that headaches can be caused by an over-corrected prescription in your glasses or contact lenses, which causes overworking of the eye’s internal focusing muscles […]
