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Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=2765

EyeWorld
October, 2005

Stephen S. Lane, M.D.:

"Make sure the first patient you enroll feels like you have been doing this for years..."

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.lasikfaq.com/display.php?q=2 ... 2s10c32c16

LASIK surgeon Dr. Joseph Dello Russo:

"Since almost 100% of LASIK patients have some degree of decreased contrast sensitivity post-operatively there is no reason to test for it pre-operatively."

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.crstoday.com/PDF%20Articles/ ... nordan.pdf

Lee Nordan:

Common aims of refractive surgery include "providing the patient with adequate distance and near functional vision while both of his eyes are open".

Bill · **Joined:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:06 pm **Posts:** 306

Dr. Stephen Slade: "LASIK, the more LASIK you do, the more trouble you run into."

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/03/ ... 3991t1.doc

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

Raymond Applegate OD, PhD:

"We used to not pay much attention to higher order aberrations because we couldn’t fix them."

http://www.escrs.org/eurotimes/June2003 ... lement.htm

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/ ... 3806t1.doc

Dr. I Howard Fine, Past President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery:

"As we all know, Lasik transects the cornea nerves, therefore inducing dry eyes in most patients."

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.osnsupersite.com/

OCULAR SURGERY NEWS 9/15/2005

Presbyopia correction presents optical challenges

Dr. Jack Holladay:

Quote:

"By 1 year postoperative, he said, the patient’s brain adapts to the new way visual information is being delivered to it, and patients who were at first unhappy become more contented."

It is vital to perform bilateral implantation of multifocal lenses in order to allow the neural adaptation to take place, Dr. Holladay said.

Always implant multifocals in both eyes,” he said. “By 6 to 9 months, the neural adaptation will kick in, and the amount of unhappy patients will dwindle down to less than 1% or 2%.”

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

http://www.crstoday.com/PDF%20Articles/ ... ordan.html

Lee T. Nordan, MD:

"Happy usually means that the patient’s visual function is poorer than desired, but he isn’t complaining … today."

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

Pupil Size and Quality of Vision after LASIK
Ophthalmology, Vol 110, Number 8, August 2003
Schallhorn et al:

Page 1613

"At the very least, adequate counseling for quality-of-vision risks should be provided to patients with large pupils that will be treated with a 6.0-mm optical zone."

waterlily · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:05 pm

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! :shock:

Bill · **Joined:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:06 pm **Posts:** 306

http://www.crstoday.com/PDF%20Articles/ ... focus.html

"Refractive surgery routinely requires multiple procedures through the years if a patient desires excellent distance vision."
Lee T. Nordan, MD

Bill · **Joined:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:06 pm **Posts:** 306

http://www.refractiveeyecare.com/Dec05% ... Donald.htm

"With LASIK, roughly half of my patients had dry eye complaints after surgery-and in about half of these, the symptoms were severe."
Marguerite McDonald, MD, FACS

Scientist · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:06 pm **Posts:** 706

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/browse_thread/thread/7754aa2adce68bc4/a502e312fe99f04b?q=lasik+flap&rnum=7#a502e312fe99f04b

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The flap is "healed" in the traditional sense in very short time, but the collagen tissue is NEVER the same again. This is about like breaking a plate and having it glued together. Is it ever really the same? NO!

Jim H Day, Jr OD, FIOS

Scientist · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:06 pm **Posts:** 706

http://www.lasikinfocenter.net/Miscellaneous/Why%20Waring%20Wears%20Glasses.htm

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LASIK surgeon Dr. George Waring:
"I would not be willing to take even a 1 in 500,000 risk on my eyes"

Broken Eyes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:23 am **Posts:** 3109

Refractive surgery: lessons to be learned.

Mantry S, Shah S.

Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2005 Apr;33(2):115-6.

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Indeed, the long-term problems created by laser refractive surgery are not yet a major issue, but soon will be.

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