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LASIK - Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis
LASIK, an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, is a
surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses
or contact lenses.
LASIK is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the
cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer
laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in the
cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded
back revealing the stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses
from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a portion of the stroma and
the flap is replaced.
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