UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering Tibor Juhasz spent 25 years perfecting a laser treatment for ...

One-time surgical application of genetically engineered autologous keratinocyte sheets provides significant closure and pain ...

Operations have become more precise and less invasive. The magnet can be run along the surface of a wound to draw fragments out. Surgeons then make a small incision and the piece is removed.

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Aim To evaluate and compare early corneal wound healing and inflammatory responses after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) versus femtosecond laser laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Pedicled and free flaps When larger tissue volumes need to be reconstructed, a pedicled flap from a site not immediately adjacent to the wound defect can be used, or alternatively a free flap. A ...