subject: The Procedure Of Lasik Correction Surgery [print this page] Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis, also called LASIK correction surgery, is a kind of eye surgery to improve the visual acuity by reshaping the cornea of the eye and so that to reduce a patient's dependency on eyeglasses or contact lenses.
LASIK correction surgery is become more and more popular, and it has been performed on millions of people all over the world. LASIK correction surgery has been FDA-approved including the lasers and medicak devices used for the procedure.
A LASIK surgeon is an eye doctor that carries out the LASIK correction surgery for a patient. Before the LASIK correction surgery begins, the LASIK surgeon will do an eye exam for the patient to determine if the patient is eligible for the LASIK correction surgery or not. If the LASIK correction surgery is suitable for the patient, the LASIK surgeon will carefully design a procedure and tell the patient about the risk of LASIK correction surgeon. If the patient used to wear contact lenses, the LASIK surgeon will ask the patient to stop wearing it one to three weeks before surgery. And the LASIK surgeon will draw the patients eye surface contour for the LASIK correction surgeon with a pachymeter.
The operation mainly involves three steps. In the first step, the LASIK surgeon secures the patients eyelids with a small instrument to keep the eye wide open during the LASIK correction surgery and creates a hinged corneal flap with a microkeratome blade or laser. Then the LASIK surgeon remodels the cornea underneath the flap with a laser as calculated. Finally the flap is repositioned.
After the surgery, the LASIK surgeon will give the patient a course of proper post-operative care to minimize the risk of complications.
