lasik complication

2009-11-05T01:00:00.003-08:00

lasik complications

2009-11-05T01:00:00.001-08:00

The surgeon first uses the microkeratome to make an incision into the cornea. Other choice of application may be a femtosecond laser. Afer making the incision, the surgeon next cuts out a flap of the cornea at the appropriate location which he has determined from his studies of the corneal surface during the pre-operative phase.

Cutting out the flap of the cornea exposes the mid-section of the cornea, the stroma. The third step in the process involves the surgeon realigning the stroma using an excimer laser. During this entire process, a computer continuously monitors the position of the eye itself. The computer operates at very high speeds; the computer tracks the eye movement up to 4,000 times per second.After realigning the stroma, the surgeon places back the flap of cornea