Ronald R. Krueger • Jonathan H. Talamo
Richard L. Lindstrom
Editors

2013

When the femtosecond laser was introduced into the LASIK arena, it changed refractive surgery, but not all at once. Initially, the technology was still some what crude, and the costs were high. Yet surgeon acceptance gradually increased, despite the higher costs involved, because of the safety, precision, and improved refractive outcomes in comparison to the manual flap cut of a microkeratome.