Normal Vision Just like a camera, the eye has a viewfinder (called the cornea) a shutter (called the iris) and a lens. Normal, clear vision occurs when light rays pass through them and the image focuses directly on the film ...
LASEK (Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis) is a hybrid of LASIK (Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis) and PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy). · LASIK—a laser surgery procedure in which a flap is created in the surface layer of the cornea (called the epithelium) with a ...
The LASIK-procedures were first adopted by a Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Barraquer in Colombia. In 1950 he invented the very first microkeratome in his clinic in Bogotá, which was intended to cut a thin flap in the cornea and in doing ...
The ultimate goal of everybody with vision problems is to see better with the least amount of inconvenience to them. Traditionally, the only option for most people are cumbersome eyeglasses that are constantly being misplaced, going out of style, or ...