title: Seven years experience with LASIK for myopia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper presents the results of the last seven years with LASIK for the treatment of myopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  4170 eyes of 3163 patients with a mean preoperative spherical equivalent--9.66 diopters were submitted to LASIK. The eyes were divided in three groups according to the preoperative refraction: Group A (-5 to 10D), group B (-10 to 16D) and group C (over -16 D).
  
  
  RESULTS
  At one year the percentage of eyes within +/- 1D of emmetropia was the following: group A: 84.4%, group B: 70.8%, and group C: 42.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method is safe, effective, and predictable especially in the range of myopia between -5 and -15 D of myopia. Predictability could be further improved by secondary procedures.
authors.affiliation: University of Crete, Department of Oftalmology, Greece.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Siganos
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Siganos
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Margaritis
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D016896:Treatment Outcome