Standard LASEK. LASEK also may be more amenable to ... Dr. Ehlers described a study he performed comparing LASIK and PRK. He found that optical aberrations after PRK or LASIK for myopia were ...

Laser epithelial keratomileusis, or LASEK, combines benefits of the two most commonly performed procedures -- LASIK and PRK. LASEK eye surgery is used to treat astigmatism, nearsightedness ...

They all give good long-term results. Lasik is performed on most patients. PRK and Lasek tend to be used on people who would be at risk for complications from Lasik. PRK is the original method ...

LASIK avoids most of the problems of corneal haze, postoperative pain and slow rehabilitation seen in PRK, but complications are sometimes associated with the flap. In LASEK (laser epithelial ...

LASIK and PRK are types of refractive eye surgery. They treat vision problems like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Both LASIK and PRK use a laser to reshape the cornea ...

Jan. 13, 2004 -- There is no significant difference in outcomes between laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) and photorefractive keratotomy (PRK), according to the results of a randomized ...

Dr. Applegate compared the amount of residual and induced aberrations following LASIK, LASEK and PRK in myopic patients. All three surgical procedures reduced second- and third-order aberrations ...

You may be a good candidate if: In the Consumer Reports survey, a majority of the respondents (65 percent) had Lasik as their most recent surgery. Only 5 percent reported having PRK, Lasek ...

The surgeon hopes to retain the epithelium in LASEK, but in some cases it is lost, and then the procedure is similar to PRK. The LASIK procedure (Figure 1) is performed with an instrument called a ...

Excimer laser techniques include photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). PRK involves the removal of the corneal epithelium ...

PRK vision surgery is a type of surface ablation, which involves removing the top layer of corneal tissue (called the epithelium). It was created before LASIK and LASEK and remains a popular option.