Laser Assisted in situ Keratomileusis or Lasik, is most performed Refractive surgery
in the world.
- Millions of eyes are treated world over every year.
- It is the safest method in which there in no pain, no injection, no dressing and
is of few seconds.
- Patient can resume his/her work from very next day
- Lasik is an out patient surgical procedure used to treat myopia (nearsightedness),
Hyperopic (farsightedness) and astigmatism.
- In Lasik the Eye Surgeon uses a microsurgical instrument called microkeratome to
create the corneal flap and Excimer laser to reshape the cornea according to Patient’s
refractive error in such a way that the rays are focused on the retina automatically
without the help of glasses or contact lenses.
- Lasik eliminates your dependence on glasses and contact lenses.
- Almost every patient achieves normal vision after Lasik Laser procedure.
- Lasik corrects distant vision, one may need reading glasses after the age of 40
years.