Wavefront-guided ablations help treat mixed astigmatism

From: Ophthalmology Times | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

U.S. multicenter trial

Wavefront-guided ablations help treat mixed astigmatism

Also, good vision was achieved with patients with additional high myopia

Reviewed by Robert Maloney, MD

San Diego-Wavefront-guided ablations for the treatment of mixed astigmatism and/or high myopia using the CustomVue system (VISX, Santa Clara, CA) are providing good preliminary results, considering the challenge of treating these eyes with difficult refractions.

Robert Maloney, MD, reported the results of the U.S. multicenter clinical study of wavefront-guided treatment of mixed astigmatism at the American ...

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