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RE: The Truth About Laser Eye Surgery (LASIK & LASEK)

in #science7 years ago

This procedure is carried out by professionals who I believe will tell the patient the attendant risk and follow due process. I don't think there is surgery where someone is guaranteed a 100% chance of success. There is no ideal situation, but I still think laser surgery is safer than most other surgical methods.

All surgery carries some risk of
complications (a complication is defined
as an unexpected occurrence). In laser
eye surgery, complications are very
rare, and advances in technology and
surgical expertise mean that almost all
complications can now be corrected. In
fact, the chance of an expert being faced
with a situation of marked permanently
reduced vision or quality of vision that he
or she could not correct satisfactorily is
about 1 in 30,000 London Vision Clinic Pg. 31.

I think I can take a 1 in 30,000 or 99.9966% chance of success.

Good article :)

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That's for such an objective view sir.

This procedure is carried out by professionals who I believe will tell the patient the attendant risk and follow due process

Not all of them do this these days. People seem to be interested in money than they are in other people well being. The story of my relative is a case study. I myself have been sick before to such a extent that I had to travel to India to seek a more advanced treatment. I know my experience. And I can tell it's not all that palatable.

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