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Title: LASIK%20eye%20surgery


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LASIK eye surgery
  • By Elizabeth Hachmann
  • 11/27/07

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LASIK
  • Acronym
  • Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis

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  • Jose Barraquer was the first to found the idea of
    LASIK surgery

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  • LASIK surgery can correct 3 main problems with
    the human eye
  • Myopia (Near-sightedness)
  • Hyperopia (Far-sightedness)
  • Astigmatism

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Tools used for LASIK
  • microkeratome

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Myopia (Nearsighted) StudyNumber of eyes
treated 901Uncorrected Visual Acuity ()
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Hyperopia (Farsighted) StudyNumber of eyes
treated 290Uncorrected Visual Acuity ()
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  • LASIK eye surgery
  • Statistics

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Bibliography
  • http//www.dfwfocus.com/base/wp-content/uploads/20
    07/01/k3000_large.jpg
  • http//www.tnhealth.org/myopia.jpg
  • http//www.jracademy.com/vinjamp/hyperopia.jpg
  • http//www.tnhealth.org/astigmatism.jpg
  • http//www.pacificvision.org/images/procedures/wav
    efrontMapping.jpg
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