Dello Russo Laser Vision News Archive

The Excimer Laser: Pioneer Eye Surgery at Bergenfield’s New Jersey Eye Center

Bergenfield Town Magazine

“The New Jersey Eye Center is one of ten sites in the U.S. that can boast of the new ‘Excimer Laser’ which has the capability of eliminating the need for glasses or contact lenses.”

“Joseph Dello Russo, M.D., has performed over 250 laser corrections for nearsightedness, reporting the best results in the nation.”

“ Dr. Dello Russo’s results have consistently outperformed that of all eye centers participating in this study. He is regarded as the foremost expert in this field.”

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FDA Panel to Review Eye Laser

Alpena Journal, October 1994

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Surgeon Hails FDA’s Backing of Laser for Myopia

The Record, September 1995

“We’ve worked for five years to show the safety and efficacy of the procedure,” said Dr. Joseph Dello Russo of Bergenfield, who was the first physician in the country to buy and use the half million-dollar so-called excimer laser machine to treat myopia by reshaping the cornea of the eye.”

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FDA to Consider Help for Vision Problems

Times-News, October 1994

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Laser Surgery an RK Alternative for Nearsighted

Courier Post, October 1994

“Doctors and patients are touting the experimental excimer laser, and Thursday a government panel will try to decide if it lives up to the testimonials.

Dr. Joseph Dello Russo, a New Jersey ophthalmologist who has performed the experimental procedure hundreds of times, says the laser look like a good alternative for many patients.”

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FDA Eyeing Laser Zaps For Corneas

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, October 1994

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New Cataract Procedure Eliminates Need for Stitches

Jewish Standard, December 1994

“Now, thanks to breakthroughs in surgical technology, Dr. Joseph Dello Russo of the New Jersey Eye Center in Bergenfield can remove a cataract through an incision as small as 1/8 inch.”

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Vision Correcting Surgery Considered

Texas City Sun, October 1994

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LASIK Pioneer

healthnewsdigest.com, 1999

“ Dr. Dello Russo, one of the true pioneers of laser vision correction, has achieved a unique distinction in that he has performed the most laser eye surgeries using the new Ladar Vision laser by Alcon.”

“ Dr. Dello Russo is no stranger to being first. He is one of the only doctors in the country to participate as a researcher to test out the VISX Laser, which received FDA approval in 1996. Dello Russo supplied 25 percent of the data that the FDA considered in the approval of the VISX Laser.”

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FDA to Study Eye Procedure

Times Daily, October 1994

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Panel Probes Eye Laser Surgery

Times Recorder, October 1994

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Laser Eye Care

The Sunday Star-Ledger, June 1991

“ Dr. Joseph Dello Russo of Bergenfield is one of a handful of doctors in the country taking part in a national clinical test of the Excimer laser, a computer-guided system which uses a laser light beam to vaporize the top layers of the cornea.”

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Goodbye to Glasses: New Laser Procedure Improves Myopia

Knight-Ridder Tribune News

“Instead of a scalpel, the procedure relies on an Excimer laser to break the molecular bonds in corneal tissue rather than burning it. The computer-guided laser flattens the cornea without harming adjacent tissue, said Dr. Joseph Dello Russo, a Bergenfield ophthalmologist, who is one of a handful of doctors participating in clinical trials at 10 eye centers nationwide.”

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Eye Laser Before FDA

Tribune, October 1994

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Focusing on Eye Laser

Idaho State Journal, October 1994

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Eye on Lasers: High-Tech Zap Improves Vision

Tribune Chronicle, March 2002

“Throughout the world, no one does RK anymore. Everyone does the laser,” said Dr. Joseph Dello Russo, a New Jersey ophthalmologist who performed 600 experimental PRKs.”

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Laser Keratome Avoids Risks of Blade-based Microkeratomes

Refractive Surgery, September 2002

“The laser microkeratome by IntraLase significantly improves the safety of a LASIK procedure by eliminating keratome-related complications,” Joseph Dello Russo, M.D., FACS, said here at the meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.”

“ Dr. Dello Russo has performed what he call IntraLASIK surgery with the Intralase microkeratome on more than 3,000 patients. The results are amazing. We have barely any complications or adverse events in our patients both intraoperatively and postoperatively. Most notable is the lack of epithelial defects, which is the most troublesome aspects of standard LASIK, even in the most experienced hands. Even patients with anterior basement membrane disease do not show epithelial defects,” he said.

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FDA Panel to Consider Eye Laser

Carroll County Times, October 1994

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