Surgery has evolved remarkably over the past centuries. While the knife traditionally has been regarded as the most important tool, new medical devices including lasers have broadened the extent of surgical techniques. Lasers were originally used in ophthalmology in the early 1960s. Since then, many benefits of laser surgery in ophthalmology have been demonstrated.

Unless disease or injury is involved, most vision problems stem from improper focus in the eye. If light rays entering the eye through the cornea are not perfectly focused on the retina, vision is impaired. The Excimer laser reshapes the cornea to create a more focused image on the retina.

Glasses and contact lenses do not correct the basic problem. Rather, they attempt to compensate for it by bending light rays into proper focus. Excimer laser procedures reshape the cornea according to an individual's particular prescription to produce the proper focus without visual aids.

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