In 1948, Spanish ophthalmologist Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner was fed up with glasses. He wanted a solution for a 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?

1948年，西班牙眼科医生Jose Ignacio Barraquer Moner厌倦了眼镜。他希望有一种解决视力模糊的方法，能够固定眼睛本身，而不依赖外部辅助。他最终设计的手术被称为 角膜塑形术，他的技术重点是重塑角膜-也就是我们现在所知的LASIK。那么，激光眼科手术究竟是如何工作的呢？