LASIK
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lasik-226-4045281
title:
LASIK
text:
LASIK or Lasik, commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. LASIK surgery is performed by an ophthalmologist who uses a femtosecond laser or a microkeratome to create a corneal flap to expose the corneal stroma and then an excimer laser to reshape the corneal stroma in order to improve visual acuity. LASIK is very similar to another surgical corrective procedure, photorefractive ke
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Corrective ophthalmological surgery
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK
date created:
2004-01-01T23:27:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T19:30:10Z
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