Refractive Surgery

One of the most advanced techniques of eye surgery today is the so-called refractive surgery. This type of surgical procedure may decrease or even eliminate a person’s dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This procedure is called refractive surgery since it affects the refractive state of the eye, which may cause common vision disorders such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Currently, the most common type of refractive surgery utilizes laser to reshape the patient’s cornea and eliminate the subtle alterations that cause eye disorders. Surveys point that refractive surgery it’s becoming so widespread and results so successful that nearly 1 million of surgeries are expected to be performed in 2006, in the USA alone.