LASIK
LASIK is short for laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis. It is the dominant and preferred refractive surgery the world over and is accomplished in four steps.
Step 1
Numbing eye drops are placed in each eye, and the eye lids are painlessly positioned away from the eye surface so as to keep them from interfering with the procedure.
Step 2
A special instrument (the microkeratome) is used to create a thin, hinged flap of corneal tissue.
Step 3
A cool ultraviolet light (the VISX Star S4) is used to precisely reshape the deeper cornea. This step is guided by a computer programmed by the doctor using each person's individualized, corrective data.
Step 4
The corneal flap is replaced - without stitches - the surface of the eye to its natural and pre-procedural state.
Physicians that perform this procedure
- J. Russell Burcham, MD
- Kim Burrell, DO
- Thomas P Campbell, MD
- Jim Conahan, MD
- David Drucker, M.D.
- Mark L Helm, MD
- Nancy Houlder, MD
- Jason M Jacobs, MD
- Gary A Jamell, MD
- Thomas P Larkin, MD
- Stuart A Lewis, MD
- Alan J Margolis, MD
- Michael L Miller, MD
- Steven F Podgorski, MD
- Bill Whalen, M.D.
