History of the LASIK

This procedure was carried out for the first time in Greece, at the beginning of the years 1990. Nevertheless, the two main components had been carried out for separated previously. Some South American doctors began to correct the error of myopia by means of the operation of corneal strip to halfway through of the years 1960 and the first correction with laser excímer in the surface of the cornea was done in the 1987. To date, they have been carry out more than 2 million surgeries of this kind in all the United States. The correction of the view with laser LASIK combines the benefits of the operation of corneal strip with the precision of the laser excímer.