LASEK is an eye surgery that combines many of the benefits of other vision correction surgeries. Laser epithelial keratomileusis, or LASEK, combines benefits of the two most commonly performed procedures -- LASIK and PRK. LASEK eye surgery is used to treat astigmatism, nearsightedness, or farsightedness.

LASEK surgery is said to have several advantages, including:

• Complications associated with creating and reattaching the flap in the cornea are avoided.
• LASEK eye surgery causes dry eye less frequently than LASIK eye surgery.