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Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is an outpatient procedure generally performed with local anesthetic eye drops (as LASIK) . It is a type of refractive surgery which reshapes the cornea by destroying microscopic amounts of tissue from corneal stroma, using the computer-controlled beam of light (an excimer laser). The difference from LASIK is that all the epithelium is removed (and a bandage contact lens must be used). Recovery time is much longer with PRK than with LASIK, though the final outcome (after 3 months) is about the same (very good). More recently, customized ablation have been performed either with LASIK or PRK.
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