Does LASIK Improves Patients Lives? - FDA Review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to review whether LASIK, laser eye surgery, is really improving patients lives. FDA says that the move is in response to a number of concerns raised about patient satisfaction with the procedure.
Complications that patients can experience from LASIK include dry eyes, glare, double vision, an increased risk of inflammation or infection in the cornea, and rarely blindness.
An FDA advisory panel will hold a public meeting that will focus on patients' quality of life after surgery.
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April 28th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
If you have refractive instability or if you are in your early 20s, it poses additional risk to the surgical process.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
This is probably a really good thing to have the FDA look into. People seem to have varied experiences with Lasik and it would be a great thing to look into some quality control issues. There are a lot of qualified physicians out there, but there are some people who do shoddy work as well. Great post.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Gostaria de saber mais informação acerca dos estudo que a FDA está a fazer em relação às cirurgias refractivas, nomeadamente LASIK.
Eu própria tenho sequelas graves decorrentes dessa cirurgia.
Obrigada
Rosa Maria