Eye Care News – Monthly Newsletter January 2011

Surgeon for Lasik Surgery Arrested for showing Negligence

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — This is the first time in the history of lasik surgery that a lasik surgeon is arrested due to showing negligence during surgery.
Tomoo Mizoguchi, 49, of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury. This is the first time a surgeon who performs the Lasik …. Source  : Surgeon for Lasik Surgery Arrested for showing Negligence.

Revolutionary Lasik Technique Provides Super-Vision

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — A revolutionary new technique of Lasik surgery promises to provide super-vision to patients affected with short-sightedness.
The revolutionary new technique at the Z-LASIK clinic in London boasts a 100pc success rate at correcting short sightedness to 20/20 “normal” levels.
But in 40pc of cases, patients are said to go home with 20/12 …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Revolutionary Lasik Technique Provides Super-Vision.

Abu Bakar Bashir Undergone Cataract Surgery

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesia’s best-known radical cleric has undergone cataract surgery as he awaits trial on terrorism charges.
Lawyer Achmad Michdan says the 72-year-old Bashir started complaining about deteriorating vision in his left eye soon after his arrest in August. He says Bashir, who has been jailed since his arrest, was …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Comprehensive Study of Two Types of LASIK Procedures

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — LASIK is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism that can improve a person’s vision completely. It has become a common type of surgery in today’s world and two standard LASIK procedures available. The two types known as standard LASIK and custom, or wavefront LASIK differ …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Comprehensive Study of Two Types of LASIK Procedures.

Worm sticks between woman’s cornea and iris in Bihar

NALANDA – In an unusual case a worm got stuck between a woman’s cornea and the iris of her right eye in Bihar’s Nalanda District.adha Devi, a 20 year-old patient, got operated on Saturday at nearby charitable hospital in the region and is out of danger now.

She felt irritation in her right eye ten days … Read more >>>.