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Originally posted by Moses
Implantable devices for refractive surgery was "the lastest thing" about 5 years ago. It was discontinued due to unpredictable inflammatory responses to the devices.
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Those were those ring-things that distorted the cornea, right? What are the stats on inflammatory responses to cataract implants?
Lots of older folks are getting them.
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Surgically modifying a patients own tissue (if the tissue is healthy) is always better that implanting foreign objects.
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Any corrective surgery like LASIK, PRK, RK, et al involves removal of tissue, which inherently weakens the eyeball--not a very durable organ to begin with. Just ask my boss about general durability, who has to have his retina re-attached every 8 years or so (and near-sighted people, the ones getting LASIK, are the ones prone to detachments).
Listen, I understand you're a surgeon, but nobody's going to convince me that slicing up my eyeball is a good thing. Especially when I have relatives who are unhappy with their results. It's not just the immediate post-op results that concern me, but also things like long-term results and, well, durability.
Caveat emptor, is all I'm sayin'.