A 2009 LASIK cost report commissioned by All About Vision from a leading industry analyst shows that procedure prices have remained about the same during the past several years.

The report is based on results of a survey of refractive surgeons conducted in the first quarter of 2009.

During the past year, more LASIK surgeons opted to quote a single price for a procedure rather than charging extra for technology such as wavefront-guided or bladeless LASIK.

Average prices charged to LASIK patients are about $2,140 per eye for all laser-based procedures, and $2,314 for custom LASIK.

Fused Kontacts, Inc., manufacturer of custom-designed Tangent Streak contact lenses for the correction of presbyopia, has chosen Access Media Group to redesign and update its Tangent Streak website.

The site includes consumer and eye care practitioner information on Tangent Streak No Line Multifocal, Segmented Bifocal and Segmented Trifocal. The practitioner section of the site contains an extensive collection of fitting and troubleshooting videos.

All About Vision served 4.7 million unique visitors during the first half of 2009, measured weekly by Google Analytics, a 20% increase from the same period in 2008.

During that time, non-paid visitors increased 27% on a comparable basis.

Articles on topics such as blepharitis, glaucoma surgery, macular holes and acanthamoeba keratitis experienced triple-digit percentage increases in page views.

Two new articles generated more than 50,000 page views each: “Common Eye Disorders” by Dr. Burt Dubow,  and “Cataract Surgery Complications” by Dr. Chris Knobbe.

While not yet FDA approved, PresbyLASIK could become a viable option for correcting focusing problems related to presbyopia.

This investigational LASIK procedure creates multifocal zones on the eye’s surface or cornea, similar to the way multifocal intraocular lenses restore sight at multiple distances following cataract surgery.

All About Vision continues to monitor early, favorable study results, which eventually could lead to FDA approval of this novel approach to correcting presbyopia problems.