LASIK Eye Surgery, LASIK Vision Correction Guide - How long has LASIK Eye Surgery been around?

How long has LASIK Eye Surgery been around?

Reshaping the cornea for the correction of refractive errors has been known since the mid-1800s. But a practically beneficial operation goes back to 1949. This old technique called keratophakia is similar to a permanent contact lens. This procedure consists of taking away a layer of a donor cornea, sculpting it and putting it on the patient's cornea to correct it. It was done by stitches and from materials of donor corneas at that time. In 1963 Barraquer invented a carpenter's plane-like device called microkeratome. Then laserless LASIK-like operations have been performed.

The first working Excimer laser (which was created by Stuart Searles (IBM) to etch circuits into computer chips without melting the silicon) was available on earth in 1975. Later this laser was tested by the US military on many materials even on the cornea. As far as we know, Trokel is the first doctor to notice the potential of this new laser for the correction of refractive errors and he began animal studies of Excimer laser in 1983. But the honor to use it the first time on humans goes to Theo Seiler, MD in April 1985. But routine PRK for myopia has started in 1987, and turned to LASIK with stitches and free cap in 1989 by Buratto and today's LASIK by Guimaraes in 1991. Interestingly LASIK's patent has been issued to Gholam Payman in 1989 (patent application in 1985 from animal studies).

How long will the LASIK Eye Surgery take?
LASIK operation takes about 4 to 5 minutes for an eye. The actual laser ablation time is in terms of seconds.

LASIK Eye Surgery Information to help the Consumer and understand LASIK Vision Correction

How long has LASIK Eye Surgery been around?

LASIK Eye Surgery Information to help the
Consumer and understand LASIK Vision Correction