Education is the key to patient satisfaction at The Taustine Eye Center.
The benchmark for choosing a healthcare provider should be surgeon experience, diagnostic and laser technology, location, and how well they educate their patients. We feel, the more you know about eyecare, the tougher questions you will ask eyecare providers when searching for eyecare services. In addition to the massive amount of information on our website, we want to provide you with even more information from other reliable sources.
Here are a few links to those sites we feel offer unbiased information about eyecare. If you find another Web site that you feel has helped educate you about your eyes, please email us at jhurtod@yahoo.com.If you are shopping for laser vision correction, please down load our checklist ?How to choose a laser vision correction provider? in Patient Forms.
General Links:
Cataracts:
- Cataract Surgery Techniques / AAO
- Cataract Surgery in the Second Eye / AAO
- What Is a Cataract? / AAO
- What Are the Symptoms of Cataracts? / AAO
- Routine Preoperative Laboratory Testing for Patients Scheduled for Cataract
Surgery / AAO
- Laser Surgery in the Treatment of Glaucoma / AAO
- Diabetic Eye Problems
- Diabetes and Your Eyes
- Diabetes EyeCare Program
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetic Eye Disease
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- FAQs: Diabetic Retinopathy Part 1
- FAQs: Diabetic Retinopathy Part 2
- Take Good Care of Your Eyes if You Have Diabetes
Refractive Surgery
- Refractive Eye Surgery / AAO
- Appropriate Management of the Refractive Surgery Patient / AAO
- What is PRK? / AAO
- Basik Lasik: Tips on Lasik Eye Surgery / AAO
- Questions and Answers About Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery / AAO
- Laser in-situ Keratomileusis: LASIK / AAO
Retinal Links
- Macular Degeneration / AAO
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration / AAO
- Floaters & Flashes / AAO
- How is Macular Degeneration Treated? / AAO
- Summary Facts about the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) / AAO
- Is There a Cure for Macular Degeneration? / AAO
- Is UV Radiation Dangerous to Our Eyes? / AAO
- Patient Page: Age-Related Macular Degeneration / AAO
- Photodynamic Therapy for AREDS / AAO
Glaucoma
- Important Facts About Glaucoma / AAO
- Surgery For Glaucoma / AAO
- Symptoms of Glaucoma / AAO
- Types of Glaucoma / AAO
- Complementary Therapy Assessment: Marijuana in the Treatment of Glaucoma
- Elevated Risk of Glaucoma Among African Americans / AAO
- Laser Surgery in the Treatment of Glaucoma / AAO
- Welcome to the Glaucoma Question and Answer Archive! / AAO
- Medications for Glaucoma / AAO
- Information Statement: Eye Care for People with Diabetes Mellitus / AAO
- Stop Endangering Eyes! Protect Your Eyes From Glaucoma / AAO
- Welcome to the Glaucoma Question and Answer Archive! / AAO
- Celebrate Sight: Do You Know Your Glaucoma Risk? sm Referral Program / AAO