LASIK is a popular surgical procedure for the treatment of refractive errors. More than 16 million procedures have been performed worldwide since the 1990s, and the safety, efficacy and predictability of the procedure have been firmly established in the existing literature. It remains the gold standard of laser vision correction procedures in terms of visual outcomes, refactive predictability ie the accuracy which with the outcomes are defined, and patient recovery.
However following parameters are important in order to make it a safe and successful procedure.