Laser Eye Surgery

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Bladeless LASIK on AllAboutVision.com 2/26/2006 4:52:00 PM EST A new AllAboutVision.com feature offers people interested in laser vision correction different eye surgeon viewpoints on the merits of blade or bladeless LASIK.

A thin, hinged flap is created on the eye's surface during LASIK, enabling the surgeon to reshape the underlying tissue with an excimer laser to improve vision.

The flap is then returned to its original position.

But eye surgeons differ on whether the LASIK flap should be created with a bladed i...

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