Guide to Vision Surgery

Advantages of Femtosecond lasers in LASIK

Femtosecond Laser Technology is thought to increase safety and predictability of LASIK. LASIK procedure requires the surgeon to create a corneal flap. After that, an excimer laser will be used to reshape the corneal surface, in which way refractive errors can be corrected. The corneal flap is traditionally created by a mechanical microkeratome.

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