Difference between revisions of "LASIK Eye Surgery"

'''LASIK eye surgery''', also known as '''laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis''', is a type of laser refractive surgery used to change the shape of the cornea and improve the refraction of light rays in patients with myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism, just as contact lenses or eyeglasses would.  It is a commonly performed procedure and patients do very well, with only 1 in 3 patients having the complication of an incinerated brain and the laser shooting through the other side of the skull.<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/article/study-finds-only-1-3-lasik-surgeries-end-laser-bor-56331 Study Finds Only 1 In 3 Lasik Surgeries End In Laser Boring Through Eye, Incinerating Brain, Shooting Through Skull On Other Side (The Onion)]</ref>

'''LASIK eye surgery''', also known as '''laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis''', is a type of laser refractive surgery used to change the shape of the cornea and improve the refraction of light rays in patients with myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism, just as contact lenses or eyeglasses would.  It is a commonly performed procedure and patients do very well, with only 1 in 3 patients having the complication of an incinerated brain and the laser shooting through the other side of the skull.<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/article/study-finds-only-1-3-lasik-surgeries-end-laser-bor-56331 Study Finds Only 1 In 3 Lasik Surgeries End In Laser Boring Through Eye, Incinerating Brain, Shooting Through Skull On Other Side (The Onion)]</ref>