LASIK is a form of refractive surgery — surgery that changes the shape of the cornea, the transparent window at the front of your eye. The surgery corrects vision problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, reducing or eliminating the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: LASIK eye surgery - Mayo Clinic News Network
To ensure the most predictable vision outcome following cataract surgery, you need to provide your cataract surgeon with specific information about your eyes and eyesight from before and after your LASIK surgery. To understand why cataract surgery is possible after you have had LASIK surgery, it is helpful to know some basics about the eye.
Also on the program, Dr. Leo Maguire, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, will explain how laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eye surgery can correct common vision problems. And Dr. Erica Loomis, a Mayo Clinic trauma and critical care specialist, will discuss treatment for appendicitis. To hear the program, find an affiliate in your area.
Yahoo: LASIK eye surgery is considered safe and effective, but many doctors are reluctant to undergo the procedure. Here's why.
LASIK eye surgery is considered safe and effective, but many doctors are reluctant to undergo the procedure. Here's why.
Fox News: Warning from LASIK eye-surgery patients to FDA: More notice of 'side effects' is needed
Patients who had LASIK eye vision corrective surgery — or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — have been weighing in on the recent draft guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Warning from LASIK eye-surgery patients to FDA: More notice of 'side effects' is needed