FLIVC is a laser refractive eye surgery

Refractive surgery

Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea or cataract surgery. The most common methods today use excimer lasers to...

 technology that is one of several possible alternatives to LASIK

LASIK

LASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism...

 now under investigation. Lower-energy femtosecond lasers may improve upon the traditional excimer

Excimer laser

An excimer laser is a form of ultraviolet laser which is commonly used in the production of microelectronic devices , eye surgery, and micromachining....

 laser by reducing disruption of ocular structures, with intrastromal ablation obviating the need for the damaging epithelial incision and ablation currently employed in LASIK and PRK

PRK

PRK could refer to:*Phase Reversal Keying, see BPSK*Photorefractive keratectomy, a laser eye surgery procedure*ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, International Olympic Committee country code, and FIFA country code for North Korea...

procedures.