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A five-minute 'cure' for eyes A pioneering operation using radio waves could banish long sight for ever
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RITA Thomas's eyes have made medical history. For the longsighted
47-year-old GP practice nurse is the first person in Britain to have
undergone a revolutionary operation which has given her perfect
vision. The fiveminute procedure, which was developed in the States,
uses radio waves to reshape the cornea and is available in London
from this week.
Conductive Keratoplasty (CK), which costs up to pounds 1,500, is a
gentler, more subtle technique than laser eye surgery. It was
developed for long sight and uses the gentle heat of radio waves to
contract the collagen fibres in the eye - reshaping ...
