Archives for: February 7th, 2011

The LASIK Flap

Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Mon 02/07/2011

The first step of the LASIK procedure is to create a “flap”. The flap can be created by several different instruments including a microkeratome which is an instrument with a blade to cut a thin sheet of the cornea or a femtosecond laser which creates a flap through photodisruption and tissue separation. The creation of… Read More »