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VIDEO: Visual outcomes 'excellent' with surface ablation after LASIK flap complication

Issue: November 2016

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NEW YORK ― At the OSN New York meeting here, Priyanka Sood, MD, recommends waiting until refractive stability is achieved in cases of re-treatment after LASIK flap complications. In 11 of 14 cases at her clinic, refractive stability was achieved within 2 weeks of the initial abandoned procedure, and re-treatment with surface ablation on top of the flap resulted in "excellent visual outcomes."