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by Andrew E Holzman, MD FACS | Mar 8, 2019 | Blogs
You’ve taken the positive step of improving your quality of life with better vision. Having a laser vision correction procedure like LASIK can correct your prescription for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, reducing and very commonly eliminating your...
by Andrew E Holzman, MD FACS | Feb 28, 2019 | Blogs
Dr. Andrew E. Holzman always makes patient safety a priority. He carefully screens each patient for candidacy, and uses advanced technology to achieve excellent LASIK surgery results. This focus on the patient and their continued wellness has made Dr. Holzman a...
by Andrew E Holzman, MD FACS | Oct 29, 2018 | Blogs
LASIK surgery is highly effective at correcting vision in people with astigmatism, nearsightedness, and farsightedness. After LASIK surgery, patients use medicated eye drops to prevent infection and improve healing. Here, Dr. Andrew E. Holzman explains how to instill...
by Andrew E Holzman, MD FACS | Sep 28, 2018 | Blogs
Photorefractive keratectomy, or PRK, reshapes the cornea to treat refractive errors such as farsightedness, nearsightedness, or astigmatism. PRK is similar to LASIK surgery, but it employs a different technique to gain access to the stroma (the inner layer of the...
by Andrew E Holzman, MD FACS | Sep 16, 2018 | Blogs
Thanks to advances in technology and surgical techniques, LASIK has achieved high rates of success and level of patient satisfaction. Several studies, as well as our own experience, have noted a complication rate of significantly less than 1 percent, and patient...