AIM OF THE OPERATION.

The aim of this action is to end dependency on glasses or contact lenses totally or partially, reducing the refractive defect (myopia, hypermetropia or astigmatism) as far as possible so that uncorrected postoperative eyesight should be the same as preoperative eyesight with correction. It is important to understand that postoperative eyesight better than that a person had previously with glasses or contact lenses is impossible.


LASIK TECHNIQUE.

Briefly, the LASIK technique consists, more or less, of the following: After anaesthetising the eye surface with anaesthetic drops, a device is fitted to keep the eyes properly open. Then, using a microkeratome, a flap of a predetermined thickness is cut from the cornea and it is opened laterally. The next step is to apply the EXCIMER LASER to the cornea, in the way required technically, depending on the defect to be corrected (this phase usually takes less than a minute). After applying the LASER, the surface corneal flap previously opened is put back in place. After checking that the corneal flap is properly stuck down, the device keeping the eye open is removed and the operation is over. The patient has to be in the clinic waiting room for 30-60 minutes until, after the last examination, he or she is allowed to go home.