LASIK Eye Surgery Information – LASIK

LASIK surgery was developed in 1990 by Lucio Buratto and Ioannis Pallikaris as a melding of two prior techniques, keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy. It quickly became popular because of its greater precision and lower frequency of problems in comparison with these former two techniques. These days, faster lasers, larger spot areas, bladeless flap incision, and wavefront-optimized and guided techniques have greatly improved the reliability of the procedure as compared to that of 1991. Nevertheless, the fundamental limitations of excimer lasers and undesirable destruction of the eye's nerves have spawned research into many alternatives to "plain" LASIK, including all-femtosecond correction (Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, FLIVC), LASEK, Epi-LASIK, wavefront-guided PRK, and modern intraocular lenses.