Refractive Eye Surgery & LASIK Surgery – Definition & OverviewRefractive eye surgery is any 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 or cataract surgery. The most common methods today use [...]
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Refractive Eye Surgery & Lasik Surgery
January 2nd, 2010 
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October 29th, 2009 admin Here are some interesting LASIK eye surgery terminology and facts. If you are planning on having this type of surgery it is always good to familiarize yourself with it and the lingo.Dr. Jose Barraquer from Colombia in 1970 was the first person to develop the Microkeratome, an instrument that could cut thin flaps in the [...]
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