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LASIK Expert Dr. James Salz Discusses Surgical Complications of Refractive...

Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) returned recently from the Storm Eye Institute meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Charleston, South Carolina. At the meeting, Dr. James Salz presented clinical details and photographs of a patient he operated on nine years ago for high hyperopia (farsightedness) requiring two separate intraoclular lens implants (piggyback lenses). The patient presented last week had glaucoma secondary to a forward shift of both lenses caused by fluid build up behind the implants, a known complication. Dr. Salz used a Yag laser to open the capsule behind the two lenses and this reduced the pressure in the eye by allowing the fluid that had built up behind the lenses to drain through the proper channel in the front of the eye. The patient is now doing well without any loss of vision.



The Storm Eye Institute meeting is a great opportunity to get together with some of the top LASIK and refractive surgeons in the United States, and to share the latest techniques with an audience of over 250 ophthalmologists, Dr. James Salz, President of Laser Vision Medical Associates commented.



For more information about Refractive Lensectomy surgery, also known as Clear Lensectomy, please see http://drsalz.com/los_angeles_lasik_procedures.htm#ClearLens.



About Laser Vision Medical Associates

Laser Vision Medical Associates, Inc. (Laser Vision Medical Associates)(www.drsalz.com) is the refractive surgery medical private practice of Dr. James J. Salz, M.D. and services patients in the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Orange County regions of Southern California. Dr. James Salz, M.D. is the President and primary physician who performs laser vision surgery for the company on patients with nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism (blurred vision) and presbyopia. Dr. Salz has been researching and publishing studies as well as performing refractive surgery, including LASIK, for over 20 years. Dr. Salz is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California and Co-Director of Refractive Surgery Research at the Discovery Fund for Eye Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He has been the principal investigator for several major studies, including 8 FDA excimer laser studies, STAAR Surgical Implantable Contact Lens for Hyperopia FDA clinical trial. Dr. James Salz has been a paid consultant to Visx and Alcon. Dr. James Salz is an expert of special interest in all aspects of refractive surgery, including LASIK, PRK and Phakic implants. Dr. James Salz is also an expert in cataract surgery and lens implantation as well as medical legal matters and device and method patents related to ophthalmology. Dr. James Salz has an extensive listing of publications he has written or edited (http://www.drsalz.com/publications.htm), and has spoken at hundreds of meetings concerning LASIK and other laser eye surgery procedures in the United States and abroad. For more information about Dr. Salz and LASIK and other laser eye surgery procedures, please visit www.drsalz.com. For information about Dr. James Salz'ss unique qualifications for LASIK, please see http://www.drsalz.com/choose_dr_salz.htm). Laser Vision Medical Associates performs its LASIK and laser eye surgery procedures at Laser Eye Associates.



About Laser Eye Associates, Inc.

Laser Eye Associates of Los Angeles, Inc. (Laser Eye Associates) is an association consisting of about 30 LASIK and laser eye surgeons in the Beverly Hills/Los Angeles area. Laser Eye Associates is one of the few laser vision centers in the world with 3 different FDA approved excimer laser systems (Alcon, Visx and Alegretto): a femtosecond laser (Intralase) for creating the LASIK flap without a blade; (2) a Holmium laser system for treating low degrees of hyperopia; and (3) the only FDA approved procedure for treating presbyopia (the condition which requires reading glasses after age 40) the Refractec Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) instrument. Dr. James J. Salz is currently President of Laser Eye Associates and a shareholder of the company.



SOURCE: Laser Vision Medical Associates

Laser Vision Medical Associates

Attn: Dr. James Salz

240 So La Cienega Blvd., Suite 250

Beverly Hills, CA 90211



Contact: Donna Jones

Phone: (310) 360-0609

Email: donna @ drsalz.com



Website: www.drsalz.com



About American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

The mission of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) is to advance the art and science of ophthalmic surgery and the knowledge and skills of ophthalmic surgeons. It does so by providing clinical and practice management education and by working with patients, government, and the medical community to promote the delivery of quality eye care.



Contact:

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

4000 Legato Rd. #700

Fairfax, VA 22033

(703) 591-2220



www.ascrs.org/

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