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Questions To Ask Your Doctor
The Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance's
Questions for Your Doctor
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LASIK
Surgery
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PRK
/ LASEK
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Cataract
/ Clear Lens Extraction
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Implantable
Contact Lens
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Intacs
(keratoconus treatment)
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Cosmetic
Eyelid Surgery
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Pterygium
Surgery
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General
Eye Exam
Overview
One of the most popular ways to correct vision surgically is with a procedure
called LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis). LASIK uses a laser to change
the curvature of the cornea (the clear front surface or "window"
of your eye). LASIK has quickly become the procedure of choice for most
patients because they recover quickly and have fewer side effects and complications
than with other methods of vision correction.
LASIK, by definition, involves two steps. First, a hinged flap of thin corneal
tissue is created and gently folded out of the way. Next, an excimer laser
reshapes the underlying tissue. The surgeon then replaces the corneal flap
over the treated area where it bonds securely, without the need for stitches.
Most LASIK patients experience very little, if any, discomfort. Functional
vision returns very rapidly, with the majority of patients seeing well enough
to drive without glasses or contact lenses, within a day or two after surgery.
Most patients elect to have LASIK performed on both eyes at the same time.
