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Lasik Timeline

TIMELINE LASIK O Researchers have been exploring surgical techniques to treat refractive errors for more than a century. LASIK vision correction is the culmination of that work. The benefits of LASIK surgery speak for themselves. The American Association of Professional Eyecare According to the report from the American Society Specialists (AAPECS) concluded in a recent study of for Cataract and Refractive Surgery's eye surgery LASIK surgery statistics that 55.3 percent of LASIK education council, more than 700,000 LASIK patients achieve visual acuity of 20/20 or better, procedures are performed each year. while 92.6 percent of patients achieve vision of 20/40 or better. (1983 1975 (1985 IBM Scientists explore use of excimer laser on cow's German ophthalmologist uses excimer laser on human eyes. First excimer laser is produced by IBM. corneal tissue. 1990 (1991 (1988 FDA Lasik corection performed First Lasik is performed in U.S. surgeon uses excimer laser under FDA clinical trials. Italy and Greece. to correct refractive error. 2001 (1999) (2002 FDA FDA approves first excimer LASIK vision correction is the FDA approves first laser for LASIK. customized wavefront- most common elective surgical procedure. guided LASIK vision correction application. 2003 Custom LASIK becomes widely available in the world. 12 million. Number of 5% of Lasik patients the Lasik patients undergoing 10% of Lasik patients FDA estimates not satisfied the procedure since it that may require with their laser eye surgery was first approved. enhancement surgery outcome. following their laser eye surgery operation. LASIK statistics have shown the propensity to change your life for the better and make it easier! Sources: Social & contact: -Alcon, Inc. -VISX, Inc. -"Laser Vision Breakthrough" by S.Brint, D.Kennedy, & C.Kuypers-Denlinger) [email protected] www.facebook.com/skidanjedioptrije Twitter: @dioptrija For more information please visit http://skidanjedioptrije.org

Lasik Timeline

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Infographic Lasik Timeline describes history of Lasik surgery.

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