Study Finds 21% of Serious Eye Injuries Due to LASIK

Copyright Dickinson FDA Webview at www.fdaweb.com. Republished by permission. 7/25/2013 Thirty-one months after it back-burnered a former CDRH [FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health] branch chief’s petition seeking withdrawal of the LASIK indication for ophthalmic lasers based on unacceptably high permanent injury rates, CDRH has been sent a new retrospective study indicating that 21% […]