Lasik Eye Surgery

• A Clearer View of the World ; Better Lasik Eye Surgery Available

Darin Brown has a new outlook on life. Last month, the 44-year- old Germantown resident underwent LASIK eye surgery. Before the surgery, Mr. Brown often found himself misplacing his glasses or turning his contacts inside out. The LASIK procedure has allowed him to see clearly without either of them.

• The Washington Times
• October 30, 2007

• Verdicts & Settlements: August 14, 2006: $3m Awarded for Botched Lasik Eye Surgery

Despite signing several release forms that outlined the dangers of LASIK surgery, a New York woman won a $3 million verdict after claiming she was not fully informed about the potential dangers of the high-tech eye surgery. In one of the first verdicts of its kind, jurors found that doctors should have personalized the informed consent for Stacy Gropack.

• Lawyers USA
• August 14, 2006

• Afa Clinic Will Offer Lasik Eye Surgery

The Air Force Academy's eye clinic will soon start offering another form of laser surgery. LASIK, which the Air Force shied away from until last month, corrects vision by using a laser on the eye's lens after doctors cut a flap in the cornea, or outer covering of the eye. Doctors like LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) because patients recover in about a week, much faster than the three months it takes to recover from the procedure now used, called photorefractive keratectomy, or PRK.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• June 11, 2007

• Fda Consumer Health Information Updates: Fraudulent H1n1 Flu Products, Hearing Aids, Sound Amplifiers, Tobacco Regulation, Fda's International Posts, Lasik Eye Surgery, and Fda Medwatch Safety Alerts

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jason Brodsky of the FDA, +1-301-827-6251, consumerinfo@fda.hhs.gov

• U.S. Newswire
• November 02, 2009

• Lasik eye surgery: nurse did obtain informed consent from the patient.

The patient sued her physician claiming she had blurred vision, light sensitivity, glare, halos and starbursts following Lasik vision-correction surge...

• Legal Eagle Eye. Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
• Vol. 14 Nbr. 9, September 2006

• Lasik - Fda Hears Horror Stories -- Agency Examining Who Might Be at Risk in Popular Eye Surgery

WASHINGTON - Patients harmed by Lasik eye surgery alternated between fury and despair Friday as they told federal health officials of suffering years of eye pain, blurred or double vision - even of people driven to suicide. Too many Americans have been harmed by this procedure, and it's about time this message was heard," said David Shell of Washington, who had Lasik in 1998 and says he has "not experienced a moment of crisp, good-quality vision since.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• April 28, 2008

• Fda Consumer Health Information Updates: Fraudulent H1n1 Flu Products, Hearing Aids, Sound Amplifiers, Tobacco Regulation, Fda's International Posts, Lasik Eye Surgery, and Fda Medwatch Safety Alerts

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jason Brodsky of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, +1-301-827-6251, consumerinfo@fda.hhs.gov

• U.S. Newswire
• November 04, 2009

• Do We Really Want a Right to Health Care?

There is a lesson here for the more complicated provision of health care, as we talk about "expert panels" determining "the" way to diagnose and treat various medical ailments. In April 2005 England's National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued a press release, "NICE Lifts Restrictions on Access to Bowel Cancer Treatments." [...] when the market is allowed to work - in Lasik eye surgery or cosmetic surgery or when patients with health savings accounts shop around-similar drops are seen.

• Freeman
• Vol. 60 Nbr. 4, May 2010

• Deep vein thrombosis: elderly patient died following Lasik eye surgery.

A long-term care facility in Will County, Illinois recently paid an out-of-court settlement of $250,000 to settle a wrongful death claim on behalf of ...

• Legal Eagle Eye. Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 12, December 2008

• Fda Taking Closer Look at Lasik's Side Effects ; Popular Eye Surgery Can Lead to Problems

WASHINGTON A decade after approving the Lasik laser procedure for vision correction, federal health officials moved Friday to explore potential risks in what has become one of the country's most popular surgeries. Almost 8 million Americans have had the procedure, and most ended up discarding their eyeglasses or contact lenses without long-term complications, according to doctors and health officials. But a small fraction complain of serious side effects that have left their eyes painfully dry and their vision marred by ghostly shadows or starbursts of color. Some say their sight is so poor they can't watch a movie or drive at night.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 09, 2008