Posts Tagged: LASIK risks
Study shows LASIK delivers higher patient satisfaction than Contact Lens wear
Lance Kugler, MD General Eye Questions, Practice News, Refractive Surgery, Research
A three-year longitudinal survey was published in the March 2016 issue of the medical journal Ophthalmology comparing patient reported data from contact lens users and LASIK patients with study participants completing a... Read moreRisk of infection higher with contact lenses than with LASIK surgery
Lance Kugler, MD General Eye Questions, Refractive Surgery
There are many studies in the scientific literature that show that LASIK is safer than contact lenses. One such study found that the cumulative annual risk of infection with contact lens wear is 18/10000 (0.18%). The risk of infection following LASIK is 1/2000 (0.05%). Therefore, the risk of infection is 180 times greater with contact... Read... Read more