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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