In an article published in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers from Miguel Hernandez University, Medical School, Spain, and Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey, report on a study of high myopia patients ten years after LASIK surgery. The findings show that laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia over -10 D is a safe and effective procedure in the long-term.
The article titled 'Ten-year Follow-up of Laser In Situ Keratomileusis for High Myopia' is authored by Jorge l. Alió, Orkun Muftuoglu, Dolores Ortiz, Juan Jose Pérez-Santonja, Alberto Artola, Maria-Jose Ayala, Maria Jose Garcia, and Gracia Castro De Luna. Laser surgery to correct vision problems has been in use since the early 1990s. Photorefractive Keratotomy (PRK) is typically used to correct low to moderate myopia, while LASIK is preferred for high myopia corrections. Although over 18 million LASIK procedures have been performed worldwide, there is still some controversy regarding the maximum correction possible and efficacy with this technique.
A peer-reviewed scientific publication, the American Journal of Ophthalmology is published by STM publisher Elsevier. It publishes original articles, brief reports, perspectives, editorials, abstracts, correspondence, book reports and announcements. The journal welcomes the submission of original, previously unpublished manuscripts directed to ophthalmologists and visual science specialists describing clinical investigations, clinical observations and clinically relevant laboratory investigations.
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