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How does laser eye surgery work? | Dan Reinstein

How does laser eye surgery work? | Dan Reinstein

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing


How does laser eye surgery work? | Dan Reinstein

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He wanted a solution for blurry vision that fixed the eye itself, without relying on external aids. The surgery he eventually devised was called "keratomileusis," and his technique focused on reshaping the cornea— what we now know as LASIK. So how does laser eye surgery actually work? Dan Reinstein explains. [Directed by Hype CG, narrated by Addison Anderson].
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).