New vision-correction alternatives for pilots
Pilots considering vision-correction surgery take note: a recent study by the U.S.

Pilots considering vision-correction surgery take note: a recent study by the U.S. Navy shows that custom (also known as wavefront-guided) Lasik is better than traditional Lasik eye surgery.

“We’re finding that wavefront-guided Lasik yields sharper, higher quality vision, along with better patient satisfaction,” said Capt. Steven Schallhorn, M.D, director of cornea and refractive surgery at the U.S. Navy Medical Center in San Diego, who led the study. Wavefront-guided digital technology identifies and measures imperfections in an individual’s eye 25 times more precisely than using standard methods.