PMID- 18545015
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080821
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1531-7021 (Electronic)
IS  - 1040-8738 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008 Jul
TI  - Laser refractive surgery in the United States Navy.
PG  - 321-4
LID - 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283009ee3 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to highlight the numerous 
      contributions the US Navy has made to the field of laser refractive surgery. It 
      summarizes and draws together published papers, national meeting presentations, 
      and unpublished data of clinical and laboratory studies involving the excimer 
      laser and the laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap. RECENT 
      FINDINGS: Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is the most widely performed 
      refractive procedure in the US Navy, but this trend is slowly changing as 
      femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK becomes more widely performed. Based on the 
      results of recent studies, PRK is approved for designated Naval aviators and 
      flight officers; post-PRK students are now allowed into flight training. 
      Wavefront-guided PRK and LASIK are more predictable and provided better results 
      than conventional PRK and LASIK. Femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK is now a 
      waiverable procedure for US military personnel and US Astronauts (excluding Naval 
      aviators, as of this writing). SUMMARY: Since its personnel must meet strict 
      visual requirements to accomplish their mission in a variety of environments, the 
      US Navy places particular emphasis on safety and quality of vision after laser 
      refractive surgery. The US Navy has been evaluating the safety and efficacy of 
      laser refractive surgery since 1993 and will continue to do so.
FAU - Stanley, Philip F
AU  - Stanley PF
AD  - Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. fatvette@yahoo.com
FAU - Tanzer, David J
AU  - Tanzer DJ
FAU - Schallhorn, Steven C
AU  - Schallhorn SC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Curr Opin Ophthalmol
JT  - Current opinion in ophthalmology
JID - 9011108
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ/*trends
MH  - Lasers, Excimer/*therapeutic use
MH  - *Military Personnel
MH  - Myopia/physiopathology/*surgery
MH  - *Naval Medicine
MH  - Photorefractive Keratectomy/*trends
MH  - Refraction, Ocular
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - United States
RF  - 8
EDAT- 2008/06/12 09:00
MHDA- 2008/08/22 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/12 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/08/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 00055735-200807000-00009 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283009ee3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2008 Jul;19(4):321-4. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283009ee3.