Not-So-Boring LASIK Eye Surgery Statistics

When you say the word "statistics" most people's eye glaze over and for the most part statistics can be pretty boring. However if you're learning about a procedure you can learn a lot from reading over statistics about the procedure, satisfaction rates and other aspects.

The big statistic group most potential patients researching LASIK want to know about are the statistics on LASIK complications. Complications are a reality with any surgical procedure, and LASIK is no exception to the rule. However, chances of complications are small compared the vast numbers of individuals that have had laser eye surgery.

Over one million people will undergo LASIK this year and less than 5% will experience complications. Some of those complications are (According to the FDA Report):

• Glare and sensitivity to light affect 1.7 percent of LASIK patients.
• Visual fluctuations occur in 2.6 percent of LASIK patients.
• Halos around light sources are experienced by 3.5 percent of patients.
• About 3 percent of patients report vision worse than before LASIK.

Visual Improvement after LASIK Surgery

Your statistical chance of getting 20/20 or better vision from LASIK is 85%. A whopping 92% of patients experience 20/40 vision after their laser eye surgery.

Overall Happiness With the LASIK Procedure

For an elective surgery, LASIK has had and continues to have one of the highest satisfaction rates among patients that have undergone the procedure with 95% of patients being happy with the outcome of their surgery. When you're talking about a procedure that over one million people a year undergo - that's an excellent success rate.