LASIK

corrective opthalmological surgery
MedicalCondition medical_finding Q278846
LASIK
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LASIK

Summary

LASIK is a medical finding[1]. LASIK draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (medical_finding category, ranking #8 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • LASIK's image is recorded as US Navy 070501-N-5319A-007 Capt. Joseph Pasternak, an ophthalmology surgeon at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, lines up the laser on Marine Corps Lt. Col. Lawrence Ryder's eye before beginning LASIK IntraLase surgery.jpg[3].
  • LASIK's instance of is recorded as medical finding[4].
  • LASIK's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh99011761[5].
  • LASIK's subclass of is recorded as laser photocoagulation[6].
  • LASIK's subclass of is recorded as medical procedure[7].
  • LASIK's subclass of is recorded as medical procedure type[8].
  • LASIK's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01160653[9].
  • LASIK's Commons category is recorded as LASIK[10].
  • LASIK's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D020731[11].
  • LASIK's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 007018[12].
  • LASIK's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025_c6[13].
  • LASIK's MeSH tree code is recorded as E02.594.480.750[14].
  • LASIK's MeSH tree code is recorded as E04.014.520.480.750[15].
  • LASIK's MeSH tree code is recorded as E04.378.500.750[16].
  • LASIK's MeSH tree code is recorded as E04.540.825.437.374[17].
  • LASIK's topic's main category is recorded as Category:LASIK[18].
  • LASIK's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/LASIK[19].
  • LASIK's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 11.71[20].
  • LASIK's different from is recorded as LASEK[21].
  • LASIK's health specialty is recorded as ophthalmology[22].
  • LASIK's health specialty is recorded as optometry[23].
  • LASIK's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00050073n[24].
  • LASIK's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0752094[25].
  • LASIK's Quora topic ID is recorded as Laser-Assisted-in-situ-Keratomileusis-LASIK[26].
  • LASIK's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lasik-Eye-Surgery-2[27].

Why It Matters

LASIK draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (medical_finding category, ranking #8 of 30).[2] LASIK has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] LASIK is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). LASIK. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lasik
MLA “LASIK.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lasik.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lasik_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{LASIK}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lasik}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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