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Laser Corneal Transplants....Approaching Mainstream!
Posted: Sun 17 Dec 2006 7:09 pm
by jayuk
Just thought Id add this here..good read...and the video on the right is also a good watch.....Looks like its arrived at last!!!......Say bye-bye to the long healing for transplants!
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=4833002
Posted: Sun 17 Dec 2006 7:54 pm
by Andrew MacLean
That is good news!
Andrew
Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2006 12:08 am
by samba_elite
And so far, U.C. Irvine is the only facility in the world with a laser dedicated solely to this procedure.
I reckon,realistically we're lookiong at years before it goes 'mainstream' in even the US,let alone here,it takes that long i should imagine to even get approval for safety etc
Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2006 7:38 pm
by jayuk
Samba
Id say that within 3 years it will go mainstream....or at least thats what Ive been alluded to.
Laser usage as a whole has been passed years ago thus the concept is not new. The use for it on the eye has been passed years ago....as we now have all the eye laser treatments.....the only other aspect is for cutting...which shouldnt be a major hurdle.......at least I hope not!
J
Posted: Tue 19 Dec 2006 12:33 am
by samba_elite
They could do with getting a wriggle on with it then,expecting a graft late 2007!