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  2. LASIK - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM. 11.71. MeSH. D020731. MedlinePlus. 007018. [edit on Wikidata] LASIK or Lasik (/ ˈleɪsɪk /; " 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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    myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia. [edit on Wikidata] Refractive surgery is an optional eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea (keratomileusis), lens implantation or lens replacement.

  4. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    Eye surgery. Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. [1] Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and is performed by an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires due care before, during, and after a surgical procedure to minimize or prevent ...

  5. Photorefractive keratectomy - Wikipedia

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    Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy (or laser epithelial keratomileusis[1]) (LASEK) are laser eye surgery procedures intended to correct a person's vision, reducing dependency on glasses or contact lenses. LASEK and PRK permanently change the shape of the anterior central cornea using an excimer laser ...

  6. Radial keratotomy - Wikipedia

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    MeSH. D007646. [edit on Wikidata] Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia (nearsightedness). It was developed in 1974 by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian ophthalmologist. It has been largely supplanted by newer, more accurate operations, such as photorefractive keratectomy, LASIK, Epi-LASIK and the phakic ...

  7. LasikPlus settles with FTC over misleading claims - AOL

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    The FTC says thousands of people who visited LasikPlus were misled about the price of the procedure, prompting a $1.25 million settlement.

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