Seguridad del paciente en la cirugía refractiva con láser

objective: to identify and to describe aspects of the patient's safety in the refractive surgery with laser, as well as the measures to reduce the risk of complications. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken. the universe of study was the sample of 11 720 eyes from 5 955 patients who had undergone refractive surgery with excímer laser from 2005 to 2009 in refractive surgery service of ¨ramón pando ferrer¨ cuban institute of ophthalmology. data was processed by statgraph plus 50 package and presented in charts and graphics. results: the number of operated eyes progressively increased and the biggest figure was reached in 2008 and 2009, accounting for 24.5% and 25.1% respectively. the complications occurred in 0.74 % of the total of operated eyes, with a decreasing tendency in the course of time. conclusion: there is an increase in the demand of refractive surgery with laser for the correction of the refractive defects in our center, where a set of measures that reduce occurrence of complications and offer higher level of safety for patient are implemented.