NEW ORLEANS — A move away from LASIK may occur in the future, one expert said during a presentation at Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
“What I’m looking at is, is LASIK itself going to be left behind like we have with other procedures?” Daniel S. Durrie, MD, said. “My feeling is that it’s not going to happen fast but that it is going to happen.”
One of the reasons Durrie expects this transition to happen is that companies are putting more money into research and development for femtosecond laser