A nurse from Santa Maria that I recently saw in my San Luis Obispo office asked me about published literature on LASIK. A scientific presentation at the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology looked at a summary of all the world’s published, peer-reviewed medical literature for contemporary LASIK laser vision correction surgery. The presenter, Dr. Eric Donnenfeld, noted that the overall satisfaction rate for modern LASIK is 98% and 90% of patients achieve 20/20 vision. During his presentation, Dr. Donnenfeld stated,  “LASIK is the safest, most successful and most studied elective procedure in the world. It has the highest patient satisfaction rate, and it has continually improved over the last two decades.” We have seen even greater success in our own practice at the Shapiro Laser Eye Center. Although of course results can never be guaranteed, and no surgery is without risk, contemporary LASIK truly is an outstanding procedure with mature and highly developed technology.