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IMPORTANT FACTS
- Dr. Richard Leung was the first Doctor to
perform Lasik surgery on the Internet.
- Dr. Richard Leung was one of the first ophthalmologists in the
United States to have expertise with laser vision correction.
- Dr. Leung is the first ophthalmologist is San Diego County to
perform Down-up LASIK.
- More than 60 million Americans are nearsighted.
- More than 94 percent of people receiving PRK are able to pass
a drivers’ test without using corrective lenses.
- Most laser vision correction patients are between the ages of
35 and 54.
- Candidates for PRK and LASIK must be over 21 years of age and
not have had a significant increase in the vision prescription in the past 12 months.
- Both LASIK and PRK are performed using "eye drop"
anesthesia.
- During surgery, the excimer laser removes tissue less than the
thickness of a human hair.
- No stitches are necessary with PRK or LASIK.
- Myopia (nearsightedness) is caused by light rays focusing in
front of the retina instead of directly on the retina.
- Astigmatism occurs when light rays are focused at more than
one point on the retina.
10 Reasons
to Choose the San Diego Eye Center for Your
Excimer Laser Vision Correction: Experience!
- Experience. Dr. Leung introduced Down-up LASIK and has been
pioneering this advanced technique in San Diego.
- Experience. Experience. Dr. Leung is listed in the Guide to Top Doctors.
Being selected by other physicians as one of the "Top-Rated Physicians in America" is quite an honor.
- Experience. Dr. Leung is the first ophthalmologist in the world to
perform live refractive surgery on the world wide web.
- Experience. In 1985, Dr. Leung participated in excimer laser research
that led to its current clinical applications.
- Experience. Dr. Leung performed the first refractive eye surgery at
the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles where many excimer laser research
studies have originated.
- Experience. In 1985, Dr. Leung pioneered research on the surgical
correction of astigmatism that was presented at national meetings of eye surgeons. Dr.
Leung was instrumental in the development of formulas for the surgical correction of
astigmatism.
- Experience. Dr. Leung assisted Dr. Fyodorov of Moscow with teaching
refractive surgery techniques to other ophthalmologists.
- Experience. The clinical work being done at the San Diego Eye Center
by Dr. Leung caught the imagination of the public and media and was featured on many local
and national radio and television programs, newspapers and publications. He has been a
leading authority on the excimer laser.
- Experience. Dr. Leung was the first ophthalmologist in San Diego to
perform photorefractive keratectomy using the Visx laser outside of the FDA study.
- Experience. Dr. Leung continues to teach other ophthalmologists and
residents refractive surgical techniques, and was named a clinical instructor at the
University of California at San Diego Medical Center.
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