Patients very satisfied with LASIK

CHARLESTON, S.C., March 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. meta-analysis found worldwide patient satisfaction with LASIK eye surgery, or Laser Assisted in situ Keratomileusis.

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery said a review of 10 years of global literature revealed the total range of satisfaction rates in individual studies was 87.2 percent to 100 percent.

The meta-analysis, led by Dr. Kerry Solomon of Storm Eye Institute of the Medical Center of South Carolina, examined nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed articles published in clinical journals globally and found more than 95 percent patient satisfaction in France, India, Iran, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

"We find that there is solid evidence in the world's scientific literature to affirm that there is an exceptionally high level of satisfaction in patients who have had LASIK surgery," Dr. Richard L. Lindstrom, president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery said in a statement. "While patient satisfaction is extremely high, we recognize that there are patients who have unsatisfactory outcomes."

Ophthalmologists use LASIK to correct myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.