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2. LASIK - Wikipedia

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   LASIK or Lasik (/ ˈ l eɪ s ɪ k /; "laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis"), 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. [1]

3. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

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   Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK) is a laser-assisted eye surgery to correct refraction errors of human eye corneas. It uses an excimer laser to ablate the outer layer of the cornea, the epithelium, as well as its connective tissue, the stroma, to correct the eye's optical power.

4. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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   Laser eye surgery or laser corneal surgery is a medical procedure that uses a laser to reshape the surface of the eye to correct myopia (short-sightedness), hypermetropia (long-sightedness), and astigmatism (uneven curvature of the eye's surface). Importantly, refractive surgery is not compatible with everyone, and people may find on occasion ...

5. Overview of common vision problems and medications - AOL

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   Refractive errors, some of the most common types of vision problems, cannot be treated with medication, for example. Instead, glasses, contact lenses, and surgery are used to correct them as ...

6. Photorefractive keratectomy - Wikipedia

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   As with other forms of refractive surgery, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, colloquially referred to as 'dry eye,' is the most common complication of PRK, and can be permanent. In more advanced cases, recurrent erosions occur during sleeping from adherence of the corneal epithelium to the upper eyelid with rapid eye movement .

7. Radial keratotomy - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, 76% of eyes had uncorrected vision of 20/40 or better at 3 years. [5] From 2 to 10 years post-operatively 43% of eyes had an increase in farsightedness by 1.00D or more. Despite this, 70% of patients reported not requiring corrective lenses for distance vision 10 years after surgery. [6]