Speaking at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, our largest and most important annual meeting, Dr. Kerry Solomon summarized a massive effort he had undertaken: a systematic review of all articles about LASIK published in medical journals worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The idea was to provide a true summary overview and to see overall LASIK results from a variety of sources during various stages of the evolution of LASIK. Dr. Solomon identified a total 4,474 references in the literature, from which he identified 213 published scientific articles about LASIK. Upon further review, Dr. Solomon felt that 97 of these articles were the most relevant. In total, these 97 articles represented 67,893 individual cases of LASIK that were studied.  Overall, of all eyes, 99.5% achieved vision good enough to pass a driver’s test without glasses and 90.8% achieved 20/20 vision. Dry eye after LASIK was only a problem in 0.8% of patients and night vision and halo complaints were “also very low.” Dr. Solomon noted that these summary results were very similar to the PROWL-1 study conducted by the FDA, National Eye Institute, and the US Navy.  It is important to remember that technology has improved dramatically during the time period of surgery studied, so contemporary results would be expected to be even better. In fact, the LASIK results we achieve at the Shapiro Laser Eye Center today are significantly better than the overall summary data Dr. Solomon noted. As Dr. Solomon pointed out at the meeting, “LASIK surgery should be considered among the most successful elective procedures. LASIK surgery compares more favorably with other elective surgical procedures in terms of generally higher satisfaction rates.”