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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
I just got back from my optometrist, and he feels the next "new thing" will be corrective implants like they use for cataract surgery.
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A general principal of surgery is that implanting foriegn objects is a last resort. It is the standard for treatment of cataracts, because the patients own tissue is not useable. Implantable devices for refractive surgery was "the lastest thing" about 5 years ago. It was discontinued due to unpredictable inflammatory responses to the devices.
Surgically modifying a patients own tissue (if the tissue is healthy) is always better that implanting foreign objects.