Human Factors in Air Transport by Erik Seedhouse & Anthony Brickhouse & Kimberly Szathmary & E. David Williams

Author:Erik Seedhouse & Anthony Brickhouse & Kimberly Szathmary & E. David Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030138486
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

4.6.2.1 Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

Another procedure to correct cataracts is laser surgery, more commonly known as LASIK1 (◘ Fig. 4.13). This procedure, which is approved by the FDA, requires the surgeon to use a laser to create a corneal incision. The surgeon then removes the anterior capsule of the lens and fragments the cataract before creating peripheral corneal incisions to correct the vision impairment.

Fig. 4.13Bethesda, Md. (May 1, 2007). Capt. Joseph Pasternak, an ophthalmology surgeon at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, lines up the laser on Marine Corps Lt. Col. Lawrence Ryder’s eye before beginning LASIK VISX surgery. The actual procedure can take only seconds. The new VISX procedure only takes days for service member’s to recover, whereas the old PRK procedure took months. Credit: US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho. USN

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