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LASIK stands for
Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a
procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea,
the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer
laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap
in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The
flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middlesection of
the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a
portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.
LASIK is a surgical vision correction procedure intended to
reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses.
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