New Treatment for Farsightedness Offered by USC/Doheny Refractive Laser Medical Center; First FDA-Approved Laser Treatment for Farsightedness Provides Outstanding Results.

Business Wire | November 3, 1998 | Copyright

LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 3, 1998--Laser eye treatment pioneers at the USC/Doheny Refractive Laser Medical Center have received FDA approval to offer a new laser procedure for treating hyperopia, or farsightedness.

Tuesday's announcement by the FDA regarding the VISX Excimer Laser System means that farsighted people can, for the first time, have their vision surgically corrected with a laser approved for this purpose.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, farsightedness affects about 22 percent of all Americans, with most people developing the ...

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