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Lasik eye surgery - series

Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis; Laser vision correction

• Over- or under-treatment of the condition may occur, requiring additional surgery, contact lens, or glasses.
• Reading glasses may still be needed after surgery.
• Some patients, although they may see much better than before LASIK without glasses, will still need glasses for their best vision.
• Problems with night driving or visual symptoms, such as glare and haloes.
• Problems with a decrease in contrast sensitivity, and even with 20/20 vision, objects may appear fuzzy or gray.
• Corneal infection.
• Corneal scarring, permanent warping of the cornea and an inability to wear contact lenses.
• A loss of vision -- not seeing as well after surgery, even with glasses or contacts as before the surgery.
• Permanent vision loss.
• Flap complications.
• Light sensitivity .
• Dryness.
• Scratchiness.
• Patches of red or pink in the white of the eye.
• Decreased distance vision at high altitudes.

Review Date: 08/11/2005
Reviewed By: Edward B. Feinberg, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.