Introduction: Due to various reasons people willingly avoid wearing the spectacles or soft / hard contact lenses for correcting their eye visions. The Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis is the sort of process for refractive laser eye surgery medically better known as the LASIK Eye Surgery. Only the qualified licensed Ophthalmologists are permitted to operate for such surgery to modify the Myopia, Hypermetropia as well as astigmatism. The less time and bearable overall pains makes the LASIK Eye Surgery the best alternative for photorefractive keratectomy abbreviated as PRK in medical terms. As the result of such surgery the patient is enabled to see the sharper and clearer vision images.
The Brief Facts For LASIK Eye Surgery: The Colombian national named Jose Barraquer discovered Microkeratome, the process used for scrapping the corneal flaps enabling to modify its shapes decades back during 1960s. Rangaswamy Srinivasan reported during 1981 about his discovery of the efficiency of the Excimer Ultra-violet Laser when used for scrapping the live tissues more precisely without affecting its surrounding area during the process. Rangaswamy has named this process as the Ablative Photo Decomposition / APD. Lucio Buratto, an Italian, developed the LASIK Eye Surgery during 1990s with the help of Ioannis Pallikaris from Greece by combining together both the earlier methods of Keratomileusis and Photorefractive Keratectomy which attained fastest recognition because of its precise excellence and minimal obstacle frequency when compared with the older procedures.
Methods of Operation: The LASIK Eye Surgery signifies three essential stages to be taken care of like: pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative. The patients intending for the LASIK Eye Surgery are advised to give up their corrective glasses or soft contact lenses at least before 8-10 days of scheduled operations. The corneal surfaces are observed or checked with the help of Pachymeter, which creates the topographic graphs of corneas through low-power laser for determining the exact shape. The patient is operated upon in the normal condition without administering anesthesia; but he is given the anesthetic eye-drops and mild sedatives like Valium. In the beginning the tissues of corneas are scrapped using the metal blades and then the corneal Stroma is re-shaped with 193mm Excimer Laser techniques. Once the surgery is over, the patient is advised the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory medications for a few days along with using the dark goggles for protecting the operated eye from brighter lights and ambient dust allergic infections.
Safety Measures: The Medical Defence Union or MDU is studying the statistical reports regarding the safety and efficiency levels. Out of most of the cases reported about the affects of the LASIK Eye Surgery in the United Kingdoms, the MDU reveals that the same were based on the patient’s impractical prospects but not due to the LASIK Eye Surgery in general.
