Summary: surgery takes about half an hour You will sit back in a reclining chair and a numbing drop is put in the eye The eyelids are held open by an instrument called a lid speculum Pic source www fda gov Either a mechanical microkeratome a blade device or a laser microkeratome is used to cut a flap in the cornea If the former is used the surgeon
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