Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Patient advocacy issues advisory to prostate patients considering Lasik alternative
Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, September 24th, 2006
Refractive lens exchange may be recommended for patients at or past middle age or who have extremely poor vision.
Like cataract surgery, refractive lens exchange removes the natural lens within the eye and replaces it with an artificial lens that reduces or eliminates the need for glasses and contacts.
According to the ASCRS, AAO, AUA joint...
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