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To: Slip18
Miss Slip, what's the failure rate of photoradialkeratotomy? I vaguely remember reading something about it, in the WSJ I think, but all the details are gone...
114 posted on 11/12/2002 12:49:15 PM PST by Eala
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To: Eala
Photoradialkerototomy wasn't done here in the United States for a long time. It was done in Canada, though. My older sis had it done there. Her eyes are perfect for far vision, but then they changed, and now she has to wear glasses.

I understand you can have one eye for far vision and one eye for close vision. I'm waiting for one of my eyes to get bad for the close vision PRK.

I don't know the success rate for PRK, but for RK, there were some problems. A niece had it done. Her vision was 20/20 for about a month, then she had to start wearing glasses again.

I will look at Google right now. They are sure to have something on it. Found it. Here it is.

120 posted on 11/12/2002 1:42:29 PM PST by Slip18
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