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Your eyes are very sensitive organs that need the utmost care. Dr. Boothe, and yet, sometimes things can go wrong with your eyes - disease, age or injury or even heredity factors are just unpredictable so that even with the best of care, our eyes seem to malfunction.

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Dr. William Boothe with the advent of lasik technology, eye correction with the use of surgery has become more affordable, more convenient and even painless. The accuracy by which eye surgeons have dealt with real eye problems has been remarkable. Patients have been thrilled with results. What a miracle! They can see!

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Dr. Boothe’s peers recognize his experience as he has taught other surgeons his technique in performing the LASIK procedure. Dr. William Boothe is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. William Boothe’s love of medicine and passion for advancing technologies combined to make him a pioneer in ophthalmology.

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You may be a good candidate for laser vision correction if you:

• Are at least 18 years of age with - 1 to - 12 diopters of nearsightedness.
• Have healthy eyes that are free from severe retinal disorders, corneal disorders, or any eye disease that would make the surgery contraindicated.
• Have had stable vision for the past year.
• Have no abnormalities that could affect healing (such as severe diabetic eye disease).
• Are fully informed about the risks and benefits of laser surgery compared with other available treat without your glasses or contact lenses. Do you think that you’re a good candidate for LASIK laser vision correction but still want to learn a little more and get a professional opinion? To help determine if LASIK is right for you, Dr William Boothe Eye Care & Laser Center offers a FREE initial screening.

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A pioneer in the field of refractive surgery, Dr. William Boothe was one of the first cornea specialists to be trained in vision correction techniques during his Fellowship. In addition, he was the first cornea-trained surgeon in the Dallas area to use an FDA-approved Excimer laser for refractive surgery. Dr. Boothe was among the first three surgeons in the Dallas area (and one of the first in the country) to use a microkeratome, the instrument that creates the flap during the initial part of ALK and LASIK surgery. The delicate procedure of precisely lifting the flap is critical to overall success of the surgery.

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The laser is programmed prior to each procedure for the ablative "cut" based on the patient's pre-operative refractive error (nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism). Once the laser ablation is completed, the surgeon gently replaces the corneal surface flap to restore surface integrity of the eye. It's as if the refraction is "ground in" to the middle layers of the cornea! The results are often dramatic and very rapid, with most patients seeing well enough to drive a car without correction the very next day. However, the best post-operative visual acuity may not be obtained until 2 to 3 weeks, or in some cases, even a few months, after the procedure.

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A native Texan, Dr. William Boothe received his undergraduate degree from Rice University with honors and completed his residency at Texas Tech University School of Ophthalmology. Dr. William Boothe attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, before serving an internship at Presbyterian Hospital in Internal Medicine. Dr. Boothe completed a cornea fellowship at Jules Stein Eye Institute (University of California Los Angeles Medical School) where he specialized in refractive surgery.

Wavefront - Technology used to detect and measure higher order visual aberrations. These are the ocular aberrations other than the lower order aberrations of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, which can be detected by a traditional eye examination. Some examples are glare, halos, and starbursts.

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Acute angle-closure glaucoma: Angle-closure glaucoma is due to an obstruction of the system that drains aqueous fluid from the inside of the eye. As a result, fluid accumulates and the pressure within the eye increases. Patients usually have a tendency to develop angle-closure glaucoma because of crowding of the anatomy of the front of their eye. It is more common in people who are hyperopic (farsighted). This disorder may be triggered after an eye exam in which the pupils have been dilated or by taking certain oral medications in the susceptible individual. Common symptoms include a severe headache or eye pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Vision is also usually blurry. Angle-closure glaucoma should be suspected if these symptoms develop after an agent is used to dilate the pupils for an eye exam. Most patients with acute angle-closure glaucoma in one eye are at risk for developing it in the other eye.( DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK SURGERY)

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Dr William Boothe => Retinal Detachment - The retina has a layer of nerve tissue, and another layer which contains the blood supply. When these two layers separate, vision is lost at the separated area. It can be restored if the detachment is diagnosed early enough.

Low Vision - Visual impairment ; usually less than 20/200 which obstructs daily activities but cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. (See 20/20)

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Artificial tear drop: Lubricants (also called artificial tears) are synthetic (manmade), water-based solutions that are used to lubricate the eye and thicken tears. Artificial tears are formulated as solutions or suspensions, varying in viscosity. Popular examples of artificial tears include AquaSite, Bion Tears, Celluvisc, Duratears, Gen Teal, HypoTears, Liquifilm Tears, OcuCoat, Refresh, Systane, Tears Naturale, and TheraTears. Many people develop sensitivity to the preservatives in these solutions, causing increasing redness, burning or itching. Most of these products are also available in a preservative-free (PF) form. Artificial tears usually are used two to five times a day as needed for relief of symptoms.

Current surgery for presbyopia includes Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis, or LASIK, and CK, Conductive keratoplasty. These techniques all give the patient monovision so it is better to try out monovision with contacts before surgery, especially in the case of LASIK where changes to the cornea are permanent. LASIK involves permanently changing the shape of the cornea in one eye allowing better near vision while leaving the other eye alone. LTK and CK use different techniques but both aim to change the shape of the cornea using thermal conduction of specific areas in the cornea. CK treatment is on the rise because Refractec, a company involved in CK technology, received approval on March 22, 2004 from the FDA for their new technology for correcting presbyopia.( DR WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK)

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Dr. William Boothe => Nearsightedness (Myopia) the inability to see distant objects as clearly as near objects, because the focusing power of the eye is too strong. Light rays come to focus in front of the retina instead of on the retina.

Anterior Ocular Segment - A name for the parts of the eye that are in front of the lens, namely, the cornea, anterior chamber, iris and ciliary body

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The two most common types of AMD are "dry" (atrophic) and "wet" (exudative):

Astigmatism a distortion of the image on the retina caused by irregularities in the refractive power of the cornea and/or lens.( DR BOOTHE - LASIK DALLAS)

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LASIK DALLAS - Dr William Boothe => Photoablation - The tissue removal done by an excimer laser in refractive surgery. This type of laser a has cool ultraviolet wavelength which is extremely strong. It breaks down the molecular bonds of the corneal tissue targeted, and also evaporates the remaining corneal fragments from the eye’s surface. The term “photoablation” means “light removal”.

Black Box Laser - A laser (usually imported to the U.S.) used by some eye surgeons that has been altered so it can do LASIK and other laser eye surgeries, but this alteration is not approved by the FDA. The safety consequences of using a black box laser have not been studied and are completely unknown

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Refractive Surgery general term referring to many different procedures to correct the refractive error of the eye.

Optometrist - (ahp-TAHM-uh-trist) A doctor of optometry (OD), which is not a medical degree. An optometrist diagnoses vision problems and eye diseases, and prescribes glasses, contact lenses, and drugs to treat disorders. They provide post-surgical care, but do not perform surgery. The education is at least three years and most optometrists have a B.A. or more. This is followed by four years at an optometry school, with an examination at the end. Some optometrists have further education and obtain M.A.s or Ph.D.s and can specialize in a variety of areas such as contact lenses, pediatric optometry, geriatric optometry and ocular disease.( Dr. William Boothe)

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LASIK EYE - Dr William Boothe => Optical Ablation Zone - That part of the optical zone corrected by a laser treatment.

Contact dermatitis: Contact dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin that causes swelling, scaling, or redness of the eyelid with intense itching. This condition usually is triggered by the use of a new product (soap or makeup) or exposure to a foreign substance. If both the upper and lower eyelids are affected, the cause of the inflammation is likely to be an allergic reaction. Antihistamines that are taken by mouth can be used to treat contact dermatitis of the eyelid.

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Many eye diseases and disorders become more common as we age. Advances in ophthalmology allow most people to maintain good vision as they grow older. Many eye problems can be prevented or corrected if detected in their early stages.

The cornea and natural lens of the eye focus light to create an image on the retina, much like the way the lens of a camera focuses light to create an image on film. The bending and focusing of light is also known as refraction. Imperfections in the focusing power of the eye, called refractive errors, cause images on the retina to be out of focus or blurredPeople that are nearsighted have more difficulty seeing distant objects than near objects. For these people, the images of distant objects come to focus in front of the retina instead of on the retinaIdeally, phakic lenses cause light entering the eye to be focused on the retina providing clear distance vision without the aid of glasses or contact lensesSurgery is not required to correct nearsightedness. You can wear glasses or contact lenses instead to correct your vision. Depending on how nearsighted you are, and other conditions of your eye, other refractive surgery (surgery to correct refractive errors) options may be available to you, including PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) and LASIK (Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis)Phakic lenses are intended to be permanent. While the lenses can be surgically removed, return to your previous level of vision or condition of your eye cannot be guaranteedPhakic intraocular lenses are implanted in the eye without removing the natural lens. This is in contrast to intraocular lenses that are implanted into eyes after the eye's cloudy natural lens (cataract) has been removed during cataract surgeryAccommodation the ability of the eye to increase its focusing power. As an object is viewed closer up, greater focusing power is needed to continue to see it clearly.( DR BOOTHE - EYE SURGERY)

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LASIK EYE - DR WILLIAM BOOTHE => Variable Spot - A method of applying the excimer laser energy during refractive surgery. The computer that controls the laser is programmed to have it focus on spots of varying sizes across the ablation area, rather than equal-sized flying spots, or in a broadbeam fashion.

Spherical Aberration (irregularity in the eyeball’s shape), which creates halos around points of light

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Remember to shield your eyes appropriately when playing sports and during common household tasks such as working with chemicals, mowng the lawn, and working on your car.

Kerato is the prefix indicating relationship to the cornea.( DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE)

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DR WILLIAM BOOTHE => Eyedrops, laser surgery, and conventional surgery can help prevent further damage. In some cases, oral medications may also be prescribed. [links to specific treatments will be on this page]

Laser - the acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. A laser is an instrument that produces a powerful beam of light that can vaporize tissue

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Optical Ablation Zone - That part of the optical zone corrected by a laser treatment.

Antioxidants - Nutrients that neutralize or destroy free radicals( LASIK DALLAS - Dr William Boothe)

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LASIK EYE - DR WILLIAM A. BOOTHE => A phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) is a lens implanted inside the eye for the correction of either extreme nearsightedness or extreme farsightedness. In effect, the lens becomes an internal contact lens rather than contact lenses on the surface of the eye. It is usually recommended for patients whose visual correction is outside the range that can safely be treated with LASIK surgery. Because of the slightly increased risk of more serious complications, the PIOL is reserved for high amounts of nearsightedness or farsightedness--above the current limits of LASIK. In places where this technology is available, surgeons are implanting the PIOL in patients with myopia greater that 12.00 to 15.00 diopters and hyperopia greater than 4.00 to 6.00 diopters. Despite the excellent outcomes in most cases, complications associated with the implants are currently the biggest concern. Specifically, in the early studies a small percentage of patients developed cataracts shortly after implantation of the lens. There is also a small risk of endophthalmitis (infection within the eye) because the surgical incision actually enters the eye. This rare complication could lead to complete loss of vision. Endothelial cell loss with some lens designs is also a concern and is being studied rigorously. The Versyse Lens is already FDA approved and some Ophthalmologists in the United States are currently performing this procedure with other lenses as part of an FDA clinical trial. The procedure holds a lot of promise for extremely nearsighted or farsighted individuals. Ophthalmologists are anxious to see how the implantable lenses fare in current studies using newer lens designs and implantation techniques. These lenses are currently being used in Europe and South America with very high success rates. The results will be presented to the Food and Drug Administration with the hope that the FDA will authorize other eye surgeons to use this exciting new technology.

Dystrophy - Weakening or wasting of body tissue, such as happens in Epithelial Dystrophies and Stromal Dystrophies, where abnormalities appear in different corneal membranes, causing loss of function and often impairing vision.

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Food and Drug Administration - The U.S. federal agency in charge of evaluating and approving medical devices (and other things). It’s not responsible for new medical procedures, just for how the new devices are used. For example, it has approved of excimer lasers for treating nearsightedness.

Lower Order Aberrations - The name for myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. These are the conditions measured to determine a prescription for glasses or contact lenses, and that can be corrected with refractive eye surgery such as LASIK. The higher order aberrations are more numerous and still be researched and some examples are: halos, glare, and double vision.( LASIK EYE - DR BOOTHE)

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DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE - DALLAS => Orthokeratology involves first measuring the refraction of your eye which tells the doctor the amount of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism you may have. Next it will be necessary to map the shape of the front surface of the eye using and instrument called a corneal topographer. Based on the digital map of your eye and the amount of your prescription to be reversed, the eye doctor will develop an exact shape and set of parameters necessary to prescribe in order to obtain the desired effect on your corneal shape. The special contacts are manufactured to exact specifications for your eyes. They will initially be worn for about 8 hours daily until proper correction is achieved and your vision is improved. Sometimes, your doctor will actually prescribe a wearing schedule whereby you will only need to wear the lenses while you sleep. After that, the lenses may only need to be worn a few hours a day for about 3 days a week to keep the cornea in the shape necessary to allow you to see clearly. The exact wearing schedule really depends on your eyes and correction and will be determined by your doctor. Upon removal of the lenses you will be able to obtain improved vision without any corrective lenses. This is a great alternative for those who are too young to consider LASIK, those whose prescriptions are continuing to change and is especially useful for youngsters and teenagers involved in sports where wearing contact lenses might be limiting in their sports activity. A new type of lens and material actually allows accelerated ortho-k that can produce results in days rather than months.

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Best Corrected Visual Acuity - A measurement of your best vision, as corrected by your glasses or contact lenses( DR WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK)

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Dr William Boothe >> Myopia: Nearsightedness, a condition in which people can see near objects but have blurry distance vision. People who are nearsighted have a longer eye than normal, causing light rays to focus in front of the retina, instead of on it.


Presbyopia is part of the normal process of aging. As a person becomes older, one begins to lose the flexibility of the lens of the eye which limits the ability of the eye to change its point of focus from distance to near.

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Pupil - a hole in the center of the iris that changes size in response to changes in lighting. It gets larger in dim lighting conditions and gets smaller in brighter lighting conditions


Macular Edema - Pooling of fluid in and around the macular area of the retina, which causes swelling and impairs vision. It causes blurriness, waviness of straight lines, light sensitivity, and a pink tint to the vision. It usually happens as a result of disease or injury and sometimes after eye surgery. Most people recover from it in a matter of months.

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There is also Pseudoesotropia, which looks like esotropia but is a temporary condition where a young child’s eyes haven’t yet grown the white part next to the nose. The bridge of the nose appears wide and the eyes appear to be both turned inward. This resolves itself as the child’s face develops.


Aphakic Spectacles - Very thick and heavy glasses that in past years were the standard remedy after a cataract operation. They gave distorted peripheral vision. Modern ophthalmologists can instead implant an intraocular lens (IOL)

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The goal is to achieve a more optically perfect eye, though the final result still depends on the physician's success at predicting changes which occur during healing. In older patients though, scattering from microscopic particles plays a major role and may exceed any benefit from wavefront correction. Hence, patients expecting so-called "super vision" from such procedures may be disappointed. However, while unproven, surgeons claim patients are generally more satisfied with this technique than with previous methods, particularly regarding lowered incidence of "halos", the visual artifact caused by spherical aberration induced in the eye by earlier methodsACULAR®


Monocular - An adjective for vision out of one eye. Also the name of a type of telescope.

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Wavelength - The distance between the top of one wave and the top of the next. Used of light waves. Specific wavelengths equate to specific colors. The excimer laser used in LASIK procedures is 193 nm in wavelength, which is an ultraviolet light (beyond the violet area, and therefore invisible to our eyes).


Double Vision seeing two images of a single object instead of one.( DR WILLIAM BOOTHE - DALLAS)

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Allergan - A company that makes ophthalmic equipment and drugs


Toric Contact Lenses - Contact lenses designed to correct both myopia or hyperopia and astigmatism. They contain two curvatures at different angles and are effective for astigmatism only if they don’t rotate on the eye. Therefore they have a mechanism which keeps them stable. They can be soft or hard.

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FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


Snellen Visual Acuity refers to one of many charts used to measure vision (black and white with an "E" at the top).

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DR WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK SURGERY >> PhotoRefractive Keratectomy (PRK) - PRK corrects nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. PRK reshapes the front surface of the cornea with the use of an ultraviolet laser beam.


Acuity is clearness, or sharpness of vision.

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Cornea - The clear dome at the front of the eye that is the first element of the focusing system that provides most of the eye's optical power.


Iris is the colored ring of tissue suspended behind the cornea and immediately in front of the lens.

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Radial - Pertaining to the radius of a circle, which is any line drawn from the center to the circumference.


Ophthalmologist - (ahf-thal-MAH-loh-jist) A medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating eye conditions and diseases. Specialized training is required beyond medical school. Medical specialties are either medical or surgical, and ophthalmology is a surgical specialty, although not all ophthalmologists actually perform surgical procedures.( DR WILLIAM BOOTHE - DALLAS LASIK)

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Laser Iridotomy production of a small hole in the outer edge of the iris using a laser beam.


Phakic Intraocular Lens (P-IOL) - A removable artificial lens which is placed in front of the natural lens, to increase its focusing ability.

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Contact Lens, Disposable - Contact lenses designed to be worn once and then thrown out, as opposed to the kind that’s removed, cleaned, and reinserted. Depending on the eye doctor’s prescription, disposable contact lenses can be worn for one day, or for up to a week.


Halos hazy rings around lights.

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Snellen Chart - The standard eye chart with one large letter at the top and lines of progressively smaller letters. It is used to measure central vision.

IntraLASIK - A variation on a LASIK procedure. See IntraLase.

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Keratotomy - (keh-ruh-TAH-tuh-mee) Surgical incision of the cornea. This is done for a radial keratotomy (RK) procedure, treating nearsightedness by flattening the cornea slightly. Several tiny incisions are made around the periphery of the cornea, extending further inwards to the center in more severe cases of nearsightedness.

Antioxidants - Nutrients that neutralize or destroy free radicals

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DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK DALLAS >> Dilation - Enlargement of the eye’s pupil. The pupil changes size constantly, allowing more or less light into the eye according to how bright the surroundings are. For some eye procedures it’s dilated with special eye drops.

Focusing power of the eye - The combined action of the cornea and the lens to refract light on to the retina. As light enters the eye, it’s refracted (bent) by the cornea, because of the cornea’s curvature. As the light continues further into the eye, passing through the pupil to reach the lens, it’s refracted more, to a variable degree according to how far away from the eye the object is which is reflecting this light. If it’s down the road a ways, like a distant traffic light, it needs to be refracted less in order to land in focus on the retina. If it’s close up, like the clock on the dashboard, it needs to be refracted more.( DR. BOOTHE)

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Snellen Visual Acuity refers to one of many charts used to measure vision (black and white with an "E" at the top).

Astigmatism a distortion of the image on the retina caused by irregularities in the refractive power of the cornea and/or lens.

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Iris - the colored ring of tissue suspended behind the cornea and immediately in front of the lens

Keratectomy - The surgical removal of part of the cornea.

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Excimer laser - an ultraviolet laser used in refractive surgery to remove corneal tissue

The patient typically is prescribed an antibiotic to start taking beforehand, to minimize the risk of infection after the procedureThe operation is performed with the patient awake and mobile; however, the patient typically is given a mild sedative (such as Valium) and anesthetic eye dropsLASIK is performed in three steps. The first step is to create a flap of corneal tissue. The second step is remodeling of the cornea underneath the flap with laser. Finally, the flap is repositionedA corneal suction ring is applied to the eye, holding the eye in place.

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Poor vision without any visible abnormality of the eye. Synonym= lazy eyeAK

Pupil - The black circular opening in the middle of the iris controls the amount of light entering the eye.

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Retina - a layer of fine sensory tissue that lines the inside wall of the eye. The retina acts like the film in a camera to capture images, transforms the images into electrical signals, and sends the signals to the brain.

Dry Eye Syndrome - a common condition that occurs when the eyes do not produce enough tears to keep the eye moist and comfortable. Common symptoms of dry eye include pain, stinging, burning, scratchiness, and intermittent blurring of vision.( DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK DALLAS)

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ASCRS - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, a professional membership organization for ophthalmologists who perform cataract and refractive surgeries

Secondary Implant - In some cataract surgeries, the crystalline lens is not replaced. It can be replaced later with an intraocular lens, in a secondary implant procedure.

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DR. WILLIAM BOOTHE - LASIK DALLAS >> Farsightedness - The popular term for hyperopia.

Lower Order Aberrations - The name for myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. These are the conditions measured to determine a prescription for glasses or contact lenses, and that can be corrected with refractive eye surgery such as LASIK. The higher order aberrations are more numerous and still be researched and some examples are: halos, glare, and double vision.

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Vitreous Humor - The transparent gel that fills the space inside the eye behind the lens and in front of the retina.

Best Corrected Visual Acuity - A measurement of your best vision, as corrected by your glasses or contact lenses

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Alcon Ophthalmic Equipment and Drug Company. Manufacturer of the LADARVision® System and Custom Cornea®

Refraction is a test to determine the best eye glasses or contact lenses to correct a refractive error (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) OR the bending of light by the use of a lens or other material.

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Reading glasses - Framed lenses that increase visual acuity for close distances. They become necessary when presbyopia develops after about age 40. See also Bifocals and Trifocals.

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