Question: when was laser eye surgery invented and for what purpose

title: LASIK
text: `` plain '' LASIK : LASEK , Epi - LASIK , Sub-Bowman's keratomileusis ( thin flap LASIK ) , Wavefront - guided PRK , advanced intraocular lenses . Femtosecond laser intrastromal vision correction : using all - femtosecond correction , for example , Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction , FLIVC , or IntraCOR ) , Keraflex : a thermobiochemical solution which has received the CE Mark for refractive correction . and is in European clinical trials for the correction of myopia and keratoconus . Technolas FEMTEC laser : for incisionless IntraCOR ablation for presbyopia , with trials ongoing for myopia and other conditions . LASIK with the IntraLase femtosecond laser : early trials comparing to the `` LASIK with microkeratomes for the correction of myopia suggest no significant differences in safety or efficacy . However , the femtosecond laser has a potential advantage in predictability , although this finding was not significant '' .