{"id":40,"date":"2008-01-07T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T23:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/clinical-services\/refractive-surgery\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:32:40","slug":"refractive-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/clinical-services\/refractive-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Refractive Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FACULTY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buea.net\/doctor\/christine-ament-md\/\">Christine Ament, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>DESCRIPTION:<\/h3>\n<p>Offers the full range of diagnostic evaluation and refractive surgery using the latest available technology.<\/p>\n<h3>DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluation of Refractive Candidacy<\/li>\n<li>Corneal Topography including Pentacam<\/li>\n<li>Measurement of Corneal Thickness (Pachymetry)<\/li>\n<li>Keratometry and Keratoscopy<\/li>\n<li>Measurement of Tear Physiology<\/li>\n<li>Measurement of Corneal Sensation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TREATMENTS OFFERED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Laser Vision Correction<\/li>\n<li>PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy)<\/li>\n<li>LASIK (Laser Insitu Keratomileusis) using Intralase technology<\/li>\n<li>AK (Astigmatic Keratectomy)<\/li>\n<li>Phototherapeutic Keratectomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For an appointment call:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"tel:(508)822-8839\">(508)822-8839<\/a> (appointments for all locations)<\/p>\n<p>For more details see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/buea\/lasik\/\">practice web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FACULTY: Christine Ament, MD DESCRIPTION: Offers the full range of diagnostic evaluation and refractive surgery using the latest available technology. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES: Evaluation of Refractive Candidacy Corneal Topography including Pentacam Measurement of Corneal Thickness (Pachymetry) Keratometry and Keratoscopy Measurement of Tear Physiology Measurement of Corneal Sensation TREATMENTS OFFERED: Laser Vision Correction PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) LASIK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":970,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/2268"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}