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How long will the procedure
take? |
LASIK surgery will
take about 8 to 10 minutes. The critical periods are
when the cornea is cut (or lasered) to create the “flap”
and when the eye tissue is removed by the laser to correct
the refractive error. The time taken for the LASIK flap
to be made is less than 10 seconds using a microkeratome1.
Using the new Femtosecond laser2 to create
the LASIK flap takes 30 to 60 seconds for All Laser
LASIK.
The remaining time is spent cleaning and preparing
the eye, as well as allowing the “flap”
to adhere back to the eye.
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