With this procedure the dominant eye is corrected fully for distance and the non dominant eye is corrected for near. This works extremely well for most patients in that when they look in the distance the brain ignores the near eye and when they read the brain ignores the distance eye. The advantage of monovision is that you will not need reading glasses for 5 to 10 years. The disadvantages are that there is some slight loss of depth perception and some people have may still need glasses for night driving only. If you are interested in this ask your doctor to demonstrate it to you with glasses prior to surgery.
Most patients can drive the next day if the surgery goes well.
Depending on the kind of work they do most patients can return the next day. Approximately 6 weeks. The next day, at 1 week then at 6 weeks and 6 months if necessary. He is fortunate in that he has been blessed with excellent vision and has not had to have the procedure done on himself, but he has done it on virtually all the staff in his office including the eye doctors who work for him. If you visit his office, ask them about it.