Editing LASIK (section)

=== Satisfaction ===
Surveys of LASIK surgery find rates of patient satisfaction between 92 and 98 percent.<ref name="Saragoussi">{{cite journal |vauthors=Saragoussi D, Saragoussi JJ |date=September 2004 |title=[Lasik, PRK and quality of vision: a study of prognostic factors and a satisfaction survey] |url=http://www.masson.fr/masson/MDOI-JFO-09-2004-27-7-0181-5512-101019-ART3 |journal=Journal Français d'Ophtalmologie |language=fr |volume=27 |issue=7 |pages=755–64 |doi=10.1016/S0181-5512(04)96210-9 |pmid=15499272 |access-date=10 July 2009 |archive-date=17 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817001958/http://www.em-consulte.com/article/112864 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Bailey">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bailey MD, Mitchell GL, Dhaliwal DK, Boxer Wachler BS, Zadnik K |date=July 2003 |title=Patient satisfaction and visual symptoms after laser in situ keratomileusis |journal=Ophthalmology |volume=110 |issue=7 |pages=1371–8 |doi=10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00455-X |pmid=12867394}}</ref><ref name="McGhee">{{cite journal |vauthors=McGhee CN, Craig JP, Sachdev N, Weed KH, Brown AD | author-link2 = Jennifer Craig (academic) |date=April 2000 |title=Functional, psychological, and satisfaction outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis for high myopia |journal=Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=497–509 |doi=10.1016/S0886-3350(00)00312-6 |pmid=10771222 |s2cid=13304987}}</ref> In March 2008, the [[American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery]] published a patient satisfaction meta-analysis of over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles from international clinical journals. Data from a systematic literature review conducted from 1988 to 2008, consisting of 309 peer-reviewed articles about "properly conducted, well-designed, randomized clinical trials" found a 95.4 percent patient satisfaction rate among LASIK patients.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Solomon KD, Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Biber JM, Groat B, Neff KD, Ying MS, French JW, Donnenfeld ED, Lindstrom RL |date=April 2009 |title=LASIK world literature review: quality of life and patient satisfaction |journal=Ophthalmology |volume=116 |issue=4 |pages=691–701 |doi=10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.037 |pmid=19344821}}</ref>

A 2017 study claims that overall, preoperative symptoms decreased significantly, and visual acuity excelled. A meta-analysis discovered that 97% of patients achieved uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) of 20/40, while 62% achieved 20/20.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Sugar A, Hood CT, Mian SI |date=January 2017 |title=Patient-Reported Outcomes Following LASIK: Quality of Life in the PROWL Studies |journal=JAMA |volume=317 |issue=2 |pages=204–205 |doi=10.1001/jama.2016.19323 |pmid=28097345}}</ref>