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3 Worst Lasik Complications
asked 1 year ago by anon
Latest answer by Christopher Coad, MD
Question viewed 305 times
Tags: complication, cornea, risk
i am fearful of lasik and wonder what's the worst potential outcome. I know one bad complication could be a irreversibly scarred cornea which means a cornea transplant. I suppose blindness. Is the third double vision? Or am I completely wrong!?
2 answers to 3 Worst Lasik Complications
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Infection and inflammation would top the LASIK complication list
LASIK is very safe, but no surgery is risk free. Infection and inflammation would top the complication list. Using the most advanced technology by a very experienced surgeon can greatly reduce risks.
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The worst LASIK complications are probably:
There have been very rare cases of people going blind, like there was a reported case of a woman with atherosclerosis in Italy, where the blood didn't return in her eye after the LASIK suction ring was removed. You have to pump the pressure up in the eye to about 6x normal in order to cut a good flap, as you can't cut an accurate flap in a floppy eye. The pressure is actually higher than your blood pressure, so the eye stops perfusing...
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