Elkins Park
8380 Old York Road
Suite 110A
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Phoenixville
286 Griffen Street.
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Wills Surgery Center
in Plymouth Meeting
625 Ridge Pike, Building B
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Wills Surgery Center
in Bucks County
401 North York Road
Warminster, PA 18974
PA. College of Optometry
1200 W Godfrey Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Salus University is PCO's new name
On July 1, 2008, PCO will become Salus University
Salus, Latin for health and well-being, is a fitting name for an institution dedicated to educating caring professionals for the health care, teaching and rehabilitation fields.
FDA Recalls LASIK Treatment Algorithms
FDA Recalls LASIK Treatment Algorithms
In April 2007, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today reported that Alcon Refractive Horizons Inc. (Orlando, FL) issued a safety alert for the Ladar6000 excimer laser. Surgeons were directed to discontinue using the laser for myopic CustomCornea procedures (Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX) due to reports that the laser was creating central islands in patients' corneas.
This week, the FDA issued a Class 1 recall for the CustomCornea algorithms used by the Ladar6000 laser to correct myopia with (M3) and without (A7) astigmatism.? According to the FDA's notice, these algorithms "caused corneal abnormalities ('central islands') … [and] resulted in decreased visual sharpness (visual acuity)." The agency warned that these adverse effects may not be correctable with additional laser-based surgery or with eyeglasses or contact lenses.
At press time, Alcon Laboratories had deactivated the recalled algorithms in all of the Ladar6000 lasers in the US.
1. 1. FDA Web site. Class I recall: Alcon Refractive Horizons, Inc. Ladar6000 excimer laser system. Available at: www.fda.gov/cdrh/recalls/recall-022107.html. Accessed June 14, 2007.
Dr. Lewis DOES NOT USE THIS LASER!!!!! OR THESE Algorithms!!!!
Tiger Woods has had an Enhancement
Click here to see the article in Golf Digest.
Eyes of Tiger Woods is one of many tour players who have had LASIK laser eye surgery. Has it helped their games, and can it help yours?
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Visian ICL granted FDA Approval
Ocular Surgery News - TOP STORIES 12/27/2005
Visian ICL granted FDA approval
MONROVIA, Calif. — An implantable, foldable collamer lens for the correction of myopia has been granted regulatory approval in the United States, according to the device’s marketer.
STAAR Surgical’s Visian ICL “allows an incision up to 50% smaller than competing technology, and its placement in the eye behind the iris provides a more aesthetically pleasing outcome,” the company said in a press release. The lens received Food and Drug Administration approval for the correction of myopia in adults, STAAR added.
STAAR said it will begin shipping the phakic IOL to “trained doctors” in 6 to 8 weeks. The lens is already approved for sale in 41 countries, including those in the European Union. STAAR said the lens has been implanted in more than 40,000 eyes worldwide.
“We believe the ICL offers patients and their doctors opportunities to achieve higher quality visual outcomes compared with competing technology, and this characteristic will be an important growth driver of the refractive phakic implant market,” said David Bailey, president and chief executive officer of STAAR.
The Visian ICL is a refractive phakic implant intended for placement in the posterior chamber of the eye. The approved models are indicated for the correction of myopia in adults with myopia ranging from –3 D to no more than –15 D with astigmatism no more than 2.5 D at the spectacle plane, and the reduction of myopia in adults with myopia ranging from –15 D to –20 D with astigmatism no more than 2.5 D at the spectacle plane, in patients 21 to 45 years of age with anterior chamber depth of 3 mm or greater, and a stable refractive history within 0.5 D for 1 year prior to implantation, STAAR said.
Mr. Bailey said more than 860 surgeons have completed the first phase of training, which focuses on correct technique.
STAAR said training courses and educational symposia will be a focus for the company at upcoming industry conferences, such as the Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting next month in Maui.
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Temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and dew point can effect. That is why our sterile operating suite is fully climate controlled with a temperature of 68 (+/- 2) degrees and 42 (+/- 3) percent humidity at all times. Furthermore, our laser is calibrated between patients to guarantee consistency.
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We have moved. Please note our new location.
Our NEW Location in Elkins Park:
Breyer Office Park
8380 Old York Rd. Suite 110A
Elkins Park, PA 19027
The FDA has approved this reversible
alternative to LASIK and clear lens exchange.
Intraocular Contact Lenses receives Approval
by the Advisory Panel of the FDA
Dr. Lewis expects to offer this LASIK-alternative to his patients before the end of the year. Patientswho can't have LASIK or who don't want laser corneal surgery will benefit from this breakthrough. The Intraocular Contact Lens (ICL) is inserted in a five minute procedure. No removal, cleaning, maintenance, or replacement is necessary. In fact, patients forget the ICL is inside. The benefits include natural vision without fluctuation, dry eye, or the risk of irregular astigmatism.
"Our first task is to contact all those patients we've had to turn away from LASIK for medical reasons", Lewis said. "Staar Surgical has made it possible for almost all patients to dramatically reduce their dependence on glasses and contact lenses."
Dr. Lewis has been performing this procedure abroad during the last
five years and was one of the first surgeons certified by Staar.
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Wills Welcomes Dr. James Lewis for LASIK.
Dr. Lewis will begin performing LASIK at Wills Eye Bucks County and perhaps other Wills Eye locations.
This is the first time Dr. Lewis has performed LASIK outside his own operating suites but it is not the first time he has worked with the Wills Eye Staff. In fact, half of each week he is in the Wills Eye Operating rooms of Bucks County, Plymouth Meeting, and NorthEast Philadelphia.
Dr. Lewis will be accompanied by his LASIK coordinators and surgical technicians to supplement the outstanding Wills Eye staff. (Some were originally members of the Wills Eye Family.)
"We are happy to add this option for our patients", Lewis said. "The Wills name stands for quality, excellence, and compassion in our area."
While there is additional cost to use this facility many patients prefer having LASIK in this setting. Feel free to call us for more information.
LASIKDVD has arrived!
Our complete LASIK Seminar on DVD has arrived.
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Wavefront Analysis and LASIK
The 11 o'clock news just finished a brief report
on a new kind of LASIK. It is really "old news".
Each LASIK procedure, when done correctly, is customized.
We are the only center in Pennsylvania and South Jersey with the
equipment to measure your corneal wavefront.
Special techniques to maintain a prolate corneal contour (and thereby avoid glare) have been part of our standard surgery for years. i.e. no added cost!
Feel free to stop in and discuss LASIK and recent advances in surgery.
Schedule your free evaluation or get your free LASIKDVD and attend a full LASIK Seminar without leaving the comfort of your home.
Wavefront for LASIK arrives
We have obtained the first NIDEK OPD-SCAN ARK-10000 in the region. Recently approved by the FDA this Hartmann-Shack wavefront analyzer combines dynamic skiascopy, corneal topography, keratometry, autorefraction, and corneal refractive power analysis.
This device gives us a method of anticipating your post-operative QUALITY of VISION.
Wavefront data will make your decision to have LASIK more scientific.
Learn more.
Nidek stomps Alcon's LADARVISION
send your glasses on vacation
Test your LASIK IQ
New Va Team Portrait
Treat LASIK dry eye!
Take a virtual tour of our LASER suite
Tiger Wood's surgeon uses
the same instrumentation.
We use the best microkeratome
to produce your LASIK flap.
Most specialists consider this the only way
to achieve an optimal LASIK result.
Click on the article below if you'd like to see what Tiger Wood's doctor, (Mark E. Whitten, MD) has to say.
He claims to have had fewer abrasions (pain), less DLK (inflammation), and greater consistency with the disposable micorkeratome by Moria.
This wasn't even available when Tiger had his LASIK!
Link to Moria Web Site
Many surgeons won't use this device
because it is so expensive!!
We think it is worth it.
We know you will too!
Demand the Moria One-Use Microkeratome
for the best possible LASIK results.
