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Vision Correction for the Masses?

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Michael D. Wheeler, News Editor

Ask eye surgeons about the future of laser vision correction, and they'll tell you that the number of procedures performed each year is growing at a meteoric rate. Laser eye centers are popping up in metropolitan areas around the globe to serve more than a million patients each year. More surgeons, squeezed by the pressures of managed care, have begun performing laser surgeries as another way of increasing profit margins. At the center of the trend are two procedures: photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and its younger cousin, laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Both types of...Read full article

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