During LASIK eye surgery, an eye surgeon creates a flap in the cornea — the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye that accounts for a large part of the eye's bending or refracting power (A). Then the surgeon uses a laser to reshape the cornea, which corrects the refraction problems in the eye (B). The flap is then put back in place (C).
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