In addition to Lasik Laser Surgery, there are other refractive surgery procedures and here we will have the comparative overview of Lasik Laser surgery with other modes of surgeries.

Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), one of the first corrective eye procedures developed is different from the Lasik Laser procedure since in PRK, a corneal flap is not created thus resulting in less alteration in cornea during surgery. Moreover it is often used on people who cannot get Lasik Laser because of very thin corneas.

Custom Wavefront LASIK utilizes Wavefront technology to customize a person’s LASIK correction procedure. The advantage of this technology is that a surgeon can achieve a finer level of correction since cornea can be mapped down to the smallest detail. This technology often has resulted in an increased vision quality, reduced night vision difficulties, halos and glare. However this surgery method also employs the same procedure used in original LASIK surgery.

Epi-LASIK is an advanced LASIK procedure which addresses some problems arising from certain LASIK procedures as it corrects vision and unlike in Lasik Laser Surgery, in Epi-LASIK, no flap in the cornea is produced and mostly useful for the patients with thin corneas and patients with high degrees of myopia.

Laser-Assisted Sub Epithelial Keratectomy (LASEK) was originated out of PRK and LASIK procedures to address complications and problems arising from these procedures. Unlike Lasik Laser, the LASEK procedure uses a fine blade and also helps preserve the epithelial layer which is not possible in case of PRK.

Then there is another option of IntraLase “Bladeless” which uses a laser instead of a blade to create a flap in the cornea, thus making it the only ‘bladeless’ corrective eye surgery technique available at this time. The bladeless IntraLase procedure reduces possible complications that can occur from cutting into the cornea.

Presby LASIK, also known as Multifocal LASIK, is used to address the eye condition called presbyopia and uses a laser to correct focus. However this procedure has not yet been approved by the FDA.