According to Neal A. Sher, websites where damaged patients find each other leads to refractive surgery malpractice lawsuits:
http://handouts.ascrs.org/files/06-408/ ... Part_I.pdf
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Increasing patient access to other unhappy patients and plantiff lawyers
Three sites are shown as examples.
I believe that's just one of the reasons they try to get damaged patient sites shut down. Another reason, they obviously don't want prospective patients learning the truth about risks, complications, and long-term consequences of LASIK.
If you are a prospective LASIK patient, they probably hope you don't visit:
http://www.lasikcomplications.com/
See more ASCRS convention materials at:
http://www.ascrs.org/09am/inner.cfm?page=handouts_2009
