Editing LASIK (section)

{{Short description|Corrective ophthalmological surgery}}
{{Distinguish|Lasic (disambiguation){{!}}Lasic|Lassik (disambiguation){{!}}Lassik}}
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{{Infobox medical intervention
|  Name        = LASIK
|  Image       = US Navy 070501-N-5319A-007 Capt. Joseph Pasternak, an ophthalmology surgeon at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, lines up the laser on Marine Corps Lt. Col. Lawrence Ryder's eye before beginning LASIK IntraLase surgery.jpg
|  Caption     = LASIK surgery using an [[excimer laser]] at [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|US National Naval Medical Center Bethesda]]
| field        = [[Ophthalmology]], [[optometry]]
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|  ICD9        = {{ICD9proc|11.71}}
|  MeshID      = D020731
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|  MedlinePlus = 007018
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'''LASIK''' or '''Lasik''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|s|ɪ|k}}; "[[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 (eye)|astigmatism]].<ref name="NYT-20180611" /> LASIK surgery is performed by an [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] who uses a [[femtosecond laser]] or a [[microkeratome]] to create a corneal flap to expose the [[corneal stroma]] and then an [[excimer laser]] to reshape the corneal stroma in order to improve [[visual acuity]].<ref name="LASIK FDA">{{cite web |title=LASIK |url=https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/surgery-devices/lasik |website=U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) |access-date=15 August 2024 |date=13 June 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520033718/https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/surgery-devices/lasik |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Finn">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/medical-mystery-preparation-for-surgery-revealed-cause-of-deteriorating-eyesight/2011/11/26/gIQAwVLj4O_story.html | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | first=Peter | last=Finn | date=20 December 2012 | title=Medical Mystery: Preparation for surgery revealed cause of deteriorating eyesight | access-date=2 September 2017 | archive-date=15 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615164807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/medical-mystery-preparation-for-surgery-revealed-cause-of-deteriorating-eyesight/2011/11/26/gIQAwVLj4O_story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

LASIK is very similar to another surgical corrective procedure, [[photorefractive keratectomy]] (PRK), and [[Photorefractive keratectomy#LASEK|LASEK]]. All represent advances over [[radial keratotomy]] in the surgical treatment of [[refractive error]]s of vision. For people with moderate to high [[myopia]] or thin [[cornea]]s which cannot be treated with LASIK or PRK, the [[phakic intraocular lens]] is an alternative.<ref name=lovisolo>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lovisolo CF, Reinstein DZ | title = Phakic intraocular lenses | journal = Survey of Ophthalmology | volume = 50 | issue = 6 | pages = 549–87 | date = Nov–Dec 2005 | pmid = 16263370 | doi = 10.1016/j.survophthal.2005.08.011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sanders DR, Vukich JA | title = Comparison of implantable contact lens and laser assisted in situ keratomileusis for moderate to high myopia | journal = Cornea | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 324–31 | date = May 2003 | pmid = 12792475 | doi = 10.1097/00003226-200305000-00009 | s2cid = 21142105 }}</ref>

As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK<ref name="NYT-20180611">{{cite news |last=Rabin |first=Roni Caryn |title=Lasik's Risks Are Coming Into Sharper Focus – Some patients who undergo the eye surgery report a variety of side effects. They may persist for years, studies show. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/well/lasik-complications-vision.html |date=11 June 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526183146/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/well/lasik-complications-vision.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2013/02/article.asp?f=ndyag-treatment-of-epithelial-ingrowth|title=Nd:YAG Treatment of Epithelial Ingrowth |first1=Dan |last1=Lindfield |first2=Tom |last2=Poole |publisher=Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today|access-date=12 September 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105095141/http://bmctoday.net/crstodayeurope/2013/02/article.asp?f=ndyag-treatment-of-epithelial-ingrowth | archive-date=5 November 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and, globally, between 1991 and 2016, more than 40 million procedures were performed.<ref name="EW-20160401">{{cite web |last=Stodola |first=Ellen |title=LASIK worldwide |url=https://www.eyeworld.org/article-lasik-worldwide |date=1 April 2016 |work=EyeWorld.org |access-date=12 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162458/https://www.eyeworld.org/article-lasik-worldwide |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last=Stuart | first=Annie |url=https://www.aao.org/eyenet/article/look-at-lasik-past-present-future |title=A Look at LASIK Past, Present and Future|magazine=EyeNet Magazine |access-date=12 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731030413/http://www.aao.org/publications/eyenet/200906/feature.cfm|archive-date=31 July 2013}}</ref> However, the procedure seemed to be a declining option as of 2015.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | vauthors = Corcoran KJ | title = Macroeconomic landscape of refractive surgery in the United States | journal = Current Opinion in Ophthalmology | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 249–54 | date = July 2015 | pmid = 26058020 | doi = 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000159 | s2cid = 11842503 }}</ref>
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