LASIK
Corrective ophthalmological surgery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and an actual cure for astigmatism, since it is in the cornea.[1] LASIK surgery is performed by an ophthalmologist who uses a laser or microkeratome to reshape the eye's cornea in order to improve visual acuity.[2]
LASIK is very similar to another surgical corrective procedure, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), and LASEK. All represent advances over radial keratotomy in the surgical treatment of refractive errors of vision. For patients with moderate to high myopia or thin corneas which cannot be treated with LASIK and PRK, the phakic intraocular lens is an alternative.[3][4]
As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK[1][5] and, globally, between 1991 and 2016, more than 40 million procedures were performed.[6][7] However, the procedure seemed to be a declining option as of 2015.[8]