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Top Doctors: Laser surgery - the eyes have it

Dr. Jeffrey Martin, an ophthalmologist and managing partner

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Dr. Jeffrey Martin, an ophthalmologist and managing partner of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown, specializes in laser eye surgery. (Nov. 22, 2010)

There's no one-size-fits-all in laser eye surgery.

"Ophthalmologists use different lasers of different wavelengths to treat different problems," explained Dr. Philip Ferrone, attending physician and a retinal specialist in the Great Neck office of Long Island Vitreoretinal Consultants.

A laser is a concentrated beam of light that can be used to treat eye diseases and improve vision problems....

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