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-FDA
Petition To Stop The Inhumane Abuse of Lasik In America 2007-
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/DOCKETS/dailys/07/june07/062007/062007.htm
January 4th, 2007
-Notice of Petition Regarding The Continued Unsafe Lasik Devices
Used Today In America-
Food and Drug Administration
Attn: Les Weinstein
Attn: FDA/Medical Device Committee
Attn: Dockets Management Branch
Room 1-23
12420 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, MD 20857
w: (301) 827-6860
Preface:
Doctors all over America are not telling
patients the entire story and in how Lasik is not safe.
These same doctors are lying to patients after taking a large
portion of money from the patients to get an honest 2nd, 3rd,
4th opinion, and are not getting what they paid for which is "an
honest doctor's opinion" of what happened and how damages were
caused by Lasik and/or the doctor's medical negligence.
Patients are not getting correct and honest "informed consent"
and the FDA needs to take immediate responsibility starting
yesterday.
Re: Lasik Devices, Re-Use of Microkeratome Blades ARE STILL
HAPPENING IN AMERICA & ARE NOT SAFE HERE IN AMERICA!!
FDA/Medical Device Committee/Dockets Management Branch:
Please immediately take
steps to approve the following “Petition”
I-VI to insure the
safety of Americans regarding the misuses of Lasik going on in
America today by refractive surgeons whom are stepping outside
the “ethical” limits on many levels regarding “breaching the
standard of care” we should all be given.
The FDA Needs To Immediately Define & Implement Safety Measures
To Improve Lasik Success Rates, Make Sure Refractive Procedures
& Surgeons Are Not Breaching The Defined Standard Of Care That
Should Be Given To Every Single Patient’s Eyes, & To Work With
The AMA & Department of Regulation In Every State To Bring Down
A Doctor For Violating “The Hippocratic Oath.” Immediate Steps
Include:
I. Superior Technologies Only Allowed:
Refractive surgeons should be required by the FDA to maintain
“FDA Approved” refractive technologies: Lasers, Topographers,
Wavefront Devices, Slit Lamps, Micro Keratome Blades, etc...Only
superior technologies should be allowed, and any older
techologies or lasers that have been proven to have
“considerable problems,” should be immediately seized by the FDA
and discarded so that no other 3rd world countries
get a hold of “inferior medical devices.” The future of Lasik
should be “no Lasik,” and only PRK technologies that are in the
best safety and interests of the patients, such technologies
exist overseas but not here in the USA:
Software/Topography/Laser Platforms That Should Be The Standard
Of Care In The USA, but don’t exist here in the USA:
The following is probably the
“best known” software & hardware technologies for performing
Lasik, PRK, but is NOT available in the USA:
VIS IRES LASER:
Ligi Tecnologie S.p.A,
via L.Corsi,50
72026 Taranto ITALY
Tel +39 099 779 1680
Fax +39 099 779 7270
Web:
http://www.Ligi.It
“The Ivis Suite™ is an
ongoing R&D, manufacturing and marketing program intending to
take full advantage of the capabilities of dedicated ophthalmic
software coupled with innovative hardware; this to overcome the
complications so far associated with LVC. Some of these
complications are due to the technical limits of the excimer
lasers currently on the market. The company believes that,
thanks to the innovative Suite, the excimer technology is
reaffirming its position as the leading technology for LVC. The
Suite started with the software CIPTA® for customized corneal
surgery developed and patented in 1999, that has been so far
employed in over 700,000 LVC and TCS procedures carried out
worldwide. Further software and innovative hardware has
subsequently been added. The Suite is now a commercially viable
proposition and is finally being marketed. The Suite is composed
of 2 software programs and 4 hardware machines. As described to
follow, 3 machines are dedicated to collect the patient's
ophthalmic data to be processed by one or the other software
program. The processed patient's data will then drive the Ires™
laser to deliver true micrometric customized surgery for LVC and
TCS..”.
Artemis Scan:
This is a very important scanner used to detect early signs of
“Kerataconus” and also shows subsurface irregularities such as
Post Lasik Flap Problems, Ectasia, Button Holes, etc...
More Information On The Artemis 2 Scan:
Artemis 2
is a very high
frequency (VHF) ultrasound eye scanner. In use, the patient
leans forward placing their head onto an adjustable headrest.
The headrest's unique design permits the patient to pull away
quickly from the scanner if desired. An eyecup filled with a
saline-based interface fluid couples the ultrasound signal to
the eye, while a precision mechanism moves the transducer past
the front of the eye. During the accurately controlled arc
motion of the transducer, which lasts less than one second, many
thousands of ultrasound samples are digitized. Following a scan,
signal analysis is performed on a PC-compatible microcomputer,
and the data are available for immediate viewing on an LCD
monitor or archival storage to disc media. Artemis is very
flexible; many adjustments to the scanning parameters are
possible to customize the scan to your clinical needs. Functions
are provided for centering the scan about the optical axis of
the eye. The starting location of the scans as well as the
extent can be varied as desired, to view image planes through
the eye at different angles.
Inferior Technologies:
Totally Removed & Immediately Replaced:
Schirmer’s Test: This test is a start, but still isn’t
perfect. There needs to be a test that very accurately detects
“dry eye.” With the Schirmer’s Test, anything that shows dryer
than normal results (under 15) should not be a candidate for
Refractive Surgery: PRK, LASEK, LASIK.
Snellen Chart: Refractive surgeons are measuring the
patient’s success if they can read 1 or more letters off of this
chart. Doctors are saying it was a “successful outcome” if a
patient can read any letters on a specific line: 20/20, 20/40,
etc…But what is NOT being factored into the equation, is that
many patients are seeing “doubled ghosting vision disturbances,”
or “loss of detail,” or patients are seeing 2 or 3 images of 1
letter. Yet doctors are still reporting “lies” to the patients
that “It was a success.” All of us “post Lasik casualties of
War,” know that this test is a joke. You can not tell me that
it is okay to let the doctor say “Dean, you are seeing 20/20
perfect vision and are fine.” When I’m seeing 2-3 letters per
letter, glow, starbursts, halos, & other aberrations. There
should also be a test with a “red light” in a dark room to
measure the size of the halos, starbursts, aberrations that we
all are seeing too!
Slit Lamp Tests: Refractive surgeons all over the
country are not properly trained and educated in diagnosing
other corneal disorders such as EBMD, “Epithelial Basement
Membrane Distrophy,” and other irregularities such as
Kerataconus (cone bulging of the cornea) or “thin corneas” such
as in the cases of Ectasia, etc…First and foremost, Lasik should
never be performed on anyone that has a genetic condition such
as EBMD but it is happening. It happened to me. Only 1 doctor
in the USA properly diagnosed me with this condition. Dr. Ming
Wang.
www.WangVisionInstitute.com.
Dr. Wang agrees that there needs to be something better in
place to make sure that doctors better “prescreen patients” and
practice the “Hippocratic Oath.”
Even Dr. Wang knows that
most surgeons can’t find and detect these disorders, because
they do NOT KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. On myself, he detected EBD
in 2 seconds…
II. Re-Use Of Micro-Keratome
Blades: Refractive surgeons should in no way
shape or form EVER “reuse a micro keratome” blade on any patient
& it should be required by law that the patients take their
blades home with them to provide another layer of protection and
guarantee, so that the doctor’s don’t reuse blades…Not only is
Lasik unsafe to begin with, but re-using blades is a disgrace
on top of that because of the following:
http://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/ophthalmologytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=181087&pageID=1
“Using the confocal scanning microscope, Dr. Bourne and
colleagues measured the length of the subbasal nerves per area
of field. Between three and six scans of the central cornea,
covering slightly different areas of the cornea, will yield
distinct samples and allow estimations of the nerve density.
Dr. Bourne described two clinical research studies using these
technologies. In the first, a 5-year longitudinal study, he and
his colleagues studied the effect of PRK and LASIK on corneal
morphology by comparing the corneal nerves preoperatively and
postoperatively.
"With PRK," he explained, "the epithelium is removed and
Bowman's layer and the anterior stroma are ablated. After the
procedure, the epithelium and the nerves heal over the stromal
surface. In LASIK, the stroma is ablated behind the flap,
leaving Bowman's layer intact. Most of the nerves are cut when
the flap is created, and they must eventually return anterior to
Bowman's layer," Dr. Bourne explained.
Dr. Bourne and his colleagues found that after PRK, the nerve
densities decrease and gradually increase; by 2 years after PRK
there is no significant difference in nerve density from
preoperatively. After LASIK, the nerve density also decreases
and returns much more slowly; 3 years after surgery, there is
still a significant difference from the preoperative density,
but by 5 years after surgery there is no significant difference
from preoperatively…”
More Research “On Why Lasik Is Unsafe & Why Re-Use of
Microkeratome Blades Is Unsafe” Is Compiled For Your Review At:
http://www.lasikliberty.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=46
III.
Proper
Patient Selection:
Refractive surgeons should never perform a
refractive procedure, without fully explaining to each and every
patient the permanent dangers and possibilities that “could and
do happen” to about 30% of total eyes electing to have Lasik.
Such permanent side effects include, but aren’t only limited
to: dry eye syndrome that doesn’t go away, nighttime visual
disturbances, double vision, halos, starbursts, ghosting, loss
of contrast, loss of detail, loss of visual acuity, loss of eye
coordination, higher order aberrations, cause of corneal surface
and sub-surface irregularities, etc…The following are a list of
just some of the patient’s website to “spread the word” that
Lasik isn’t safe.
Pupil Size Does Matter:
It is a commonality in the medical world amongst Refractive
Surgeons, that pupil size and lack of treatment zone size, does
play an important role in the “outcome” for the patient.
Unfortunately, many if not hundreds or even into the thousands
of doctors performing refractive procedures are not paying
attention to the size of the treatment zone/dark room dilated
pupil ratios of the patient. They are flat out lying &
deceiving patients into thinking that they “are the perfect
candidates” and that the procedure “is 100% SAFE.”
"Dr. Boxer Wachler estimates that 50 percent of patients who
have the LASIK procedure done have large pupils and would
benefit from large laser treatment zones because they would be
less likely to have night vision disturbances. "
What changed between 2003 and 2005/6?
>Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD, co-author of the study and a
faculty member at the UCLA Medical Center, Jules Stein Eye
Institute, said, "We know that corneal aberrations and night
vision disturbances after LASIK are directly proportional to the
degree of nearsightedness corrected and the size of the
clearance zone – that is, the difference between pupil size and
the optical zone treated by the laser. With this study, we now
know use of large optical zones is safe and effective in
preventing nighttime glare and haloes in patients with large
pupils."
"This study shows using ablation zones from six to eight
millimeters did not pose a problem in terms of safety. If
anything, the larger optical zones had a higher percentage of
eyes achieving 20/20 and 20/40 uncorrected visual acuity than
the smaller zones," said Academy spokesperson James J. Salz, MD,
clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of
Southern California and attending ophthalmic surgeon at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. "A subjective report
on the patients’ satisfaction with their night vision outcomes
and measuring these treated eyes with wavefront studies to
determine the level of postoperative higher order aberrations
would be a good follow-up to this study."
Dr. Boxer Wachler estimates that 50 percent of patients who have
the LASIK procedure done have large pupils and would benefit
from large laser treatment zones because they would be less
likely to have night vision disturbances.
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-20154.html
Obviously, there are a lot of people that
feel their doctor’s didn’t properly screen them; Thus, have put
the word out in a big way on the world wide web to warn others:
http://www.kathygriffin.net/lasik.php
(yes, you guessed right. Kathy is the famous actress/comedian
and she tells about how badly her Lasik procedure went even
after going to a great Dr. and doing her du-diligence first, and
she tells about her 5 surgeries that still have not corrected
what she lost...Also, did you know that Jennifer Capriati went
to one of the best Lasik Drs. and she no longer can play tennis
at night under the lights because of the problem with glares and
halos. She can no longer play her competitive game.
http://www.LasikMemorial.com
Dedicated to those whose lives have been damaged or destroyed
by refractive surgery, this site contains true stories
written by the victims themselves. When complications occur,
your life splits in two. There is the person you were before
LASIK, and the person you are now...the person whose dry eyes
hurt all the time, the person who sees multiple images of
everything, who can't drive at night, who can't fulfill his or
her responsibilities as a parent, or his or her potential as a
human being, the person who suffers from PTSD, depression, and
various states of dread about the future. You realize that maybe
human nature isn't fundamentally good, or at least that doctors
aren't what you thought they were.
http://www.LaserMyEye.org
Started by United Kingdom refractive surgery activist Rebecca
Petris, this site offers both great content and great web
design. Don't miss the D'ialogues forum, where you can ask frank
questions about risk and receive input from both patients and
optometrists. Also has an encyclopedia of terms relevant to
refractive surgery, as well as breaking news articles.
http://www.SurgicalEyes.org
From the site, "The purpose of the Surgical Eyes Foundation is
to empower past, present and future patients who live with
complications of refractive surgery. Towards this end, it will
maintain a website as a primary resource for those with
complications of refractive surgery to accomplish the following:
1. Coordinating with eye care professionals to facilitate
understanding of the needs of those with complications from
refractive surgery and advocating for treatment alternatives. 2.
Increasing public awareness of the potential risks in refractive
surgery and advocating for informed decision making 3.
Disseminating information about typical and emerging treatments
to individuals with complications of refractive surgery.
http://www.FlawedLasik.com
Created by patient activist Dominic Morgan, this site
chronicles Dominic's legal struggle with his surgeon and with
the FDA. The site states, "Most Lasik websites are
advertisements for having Lasik eye surgery. This website is to
educate you to the dangers of having Lasik when you are not a
proper candidate. Before you consider Lasik, you must be sure it
can be done safely, and that you are a proper candidate. I went
to a doctor who advertised that anyone who was nearsighted,
farsighted, or had astigmatism could be done safely...that's
almost everybody! I trusted these doctors, and now I'm legally
blind. My name is Dom Morgan, and I tell my story because it may
be useful to anyone considering Lasik.
http://www.LasikFraud.com
Created by patient activist Brent Hanson, this site states,
"Are you planning to have laser eye surgery at TLC? Are you
impressed with TLC's success stories? Do you believe that TLC
will honor their "Lifetime Commitment" to you? Do you have
confidence in the integrity and surgical skill of TLC's founder,
Dr. Jeffery Machat? If you answered yes to any of these four
questions, then please read about my experiences with eye
surgery at TLC. Your decision to have eye surgery may result in
permanently damaging results that are devastating to you. You
may also discover that TLC will not back up their "Lifetime
Commitment Program" if they damage your vision. I am going to
share my personal story with you so that you can get a more
realistic view of what your experience could be like. This story
is unpleasant for me to tell, but you deserve to know that TLC
personnel are fully capable of damaging your vision, deceiving
you, abandoning you as a patient, harassing you, and threatening
you with lawsuits for speaking out.
http://www.DoctorMyEye.com
Created by activist Optometrist Ken Minarik, OD, this site
states: "The internet is full of websites that are owned by
laser companies, clinics and LASIK providers that will tell you
all about the good cases and sell you on the “joys” of LASIK. We
will leave the pro-arguments to the salesmen. We are here to
talk about things that go wrong and the people who can help you
when it happens. Bookmark this site, and if you or a loved one
are considering LASIK…please read all of our cautions first. If
you or a loved one are suffering from LASIK
complications…welcome to your online support group. We are here
for you."
http://www.LifeAfterLasik.com
Created by Dean Andrew Kantis, a lasik patient that flew from
Florida to Chicago to ensure that the procedure would be given
extra detail, and it turns out that just the opposite happened.
The doctor, Nick Caro & St George Corrective Vision Center out
of Chicago, IL happens to have 50+ lawsuits from disgruntled
lasik patients, and for some strange reason, still has an active
license to practice in the state of Illinois. Needless to say,
Dean started a huge investigation where the
www.IDFPR.com
is going back 10 years on Nick Caro. Nick Caro is very
concerned about the information on this website in that he is a
"DEFENDANT" in over 50+ lawsuits, so he started what many are
saying is a "frivolous lawsuit" to sue Dean for $2,000,000.00 to
try to "quiet" him, and it seems that Nick Caro has a lot of
people trying to get "search placement" to try to push our
results down, but so far, it has NOT worked and must have set
Nick back even more money. it ended up hurting Dr. Caro's
reputation even more.
http://www.VisionSimulations.com
Created by author and psychologist Roger D. Davis, PhD, this
site features photorealistic images of the visual aberrations
incuded by LASIK and other refractive surgeries, including
starbursting, halos, glare, ghosting, blurry vision, and night
driving scenes. Also contain numerous animations, as well as
simulators that allow patients to approximate and communicate
their vision to friends, family, and physicians. If you want
help simulating your vision for others, start here.
http://www.LasikSucks4U.com
Created by patient activist Dominic Morgan, this site
chronicles Dominic's legal struggle with his surgeon and with
the FDA. The site states, "Most Lasik websites are
advertisements for having Lasik eye surgery. This website is to
educate you to the dangers of having Lasik when you are not a
proper candidate. Before you consider Lasik, you must be sure it
can be done safely, and that you are a proper candidate. I went
to a doctor who advertised that anyone who was nearsighted,
farsighted, or had astigmatism could be done safely...that's
almost everybody! I trusted these doctors, and now I'm legally
blind. My name is Dom Morgan, and I tell my story because it may
be useful to anyone considering Lasik.
http://www.LasikLiberty.com
(Want to see what the FDA is doing or is NOT doing regarding the
FDA's responsibility to Lasik Patients in informing the public,
and in establishing a strict "standard of care?" This website
was created by Dr. Michael Patterson, who has been suffering
with Post Lasik for over 6+ years...and to date, has found no
cure for his post lasik challenges.)
http://www.DrDoka.com
Read the website of a woman's life completely destroyed in June
of 2004 from having Lasik Surgery. Elivra Galindo, continues
to make it a mission to let others know how bad Lasik is and
that she has gone to over 15 doctors and not one of them have
been able to help her with her "post lasik dry eye syndrome. In
fact, it is so bad that she wants to take her life. As of
today, Elvira continues to suffer from this and "sleep
deprivation" because her dry eye is that bad.
http://www.EyeFreedom.com
(get an honest opinions on Lasik by a Dr. who treats hundreds of
Post Lasik victims: Dr. Edward Boshnick, Scleral Lenses for
Post Lasik problems)
http://www.noblur.com
(get an honest opinion prior to your Lasik, by a Dr. who treats
hundres of Post Lasik victims from all over. Dr. Ken Maller,
RGP lenses for Post Lasik problems)
http://www.lasikfraud.com/ (very
informative A-Z of Lasik & problems with Lasik)
http://www.doctormyeye.com (some
honest information about Lasik and Post Lasik)
http://www.lasermyeye.org
(some honest information about Lasik and Post Lasik)
http://www.flawedlasik.com
(some honest information about Lasik and Post Lasik)
http://www.surgicaleyes.org (patient
nightmare stories, good Post Lasik Doctors to help you)
http://www.lasiksos.com (some
honest information about Lasik and Post Lasik)
http://www.kcsupport.org (make
sure your doctor correctly evaluates you before Lasik)
http://www.crstoday.com/PDF%20Articles/0105/F3_Daya.html
(additional problems Post Lasik)
IV. Proper
Patient Education Color Test Booklet Handout Made Mandatory:
Refractive surgeons should be required to show potential
patients pictures that illustrate “poor Lasik outcomes” and what
causes these outcomes. Patients should understand exactly what
is going to happen with this procedure and why they are at risk
for known and unknown side effects. Then there should be a
multiple choice test given to insure that the patient fully
understands what Lasik is about…
V. Complications Do Happen & There Needs To Be Disciplinary
Measures Taken:
When asked about complications by the patient, doctors are
replying and lying by stating “oh, those complications are
because the patient had a disorder such as Glaucoma or
Cataracts; that won’t effect your outcome Mr./Mrs. Patient.
Don’t worry about those, they won’t effect you. You are the
PERFECT candidate!” Then the patient signs a form that signs
their “rights away to sue the doctor for uninformed consent and
thievery.” Please don’t turn your back to what’s going on. It
is still happening everyday, just as much as it was 9 years ago,
but probably more now. Here’s another sited example of what
happened to me when I confronted my doctor, Nick Caro / Saint
George Corrective (should be destructive) Vision Center out of
Chicago, who did an absolute “horrendous” job and breached
multiple layers of “standard of care.” Not only that, but then
lied to me over the course of 5 years, as well as did the follow
up physician, Dr. Jaswant Pannu of
www.PannuLaser.com,
and both told me that it “was MY EYES that healed differently
and that I was in the 1-5% category of patients that heal
differently…” I then went to see 4-6 other refractive surgeons,
and NOT ONE had the “Hippocratic Oath Ability of Integrity or
Ethics,” to do the right thing and let me know that the
procedure went terribly wrong, and work with me to get it fixed
correctly. I have waited 7 years now, and find myself going out
of the corrupt country to get the best medical help so that I
can do what’s in MY BEST INTERESTS, and not the doctor’s deep
pockets.
#1 Complication Of Lasik
Is Dry Eye Syndrome That Doesn’t Go Away, Ever:
The most common post Lasik condition, defined amongst the
refractive surgeons all over the world. The following table
offers you precise, objective evidence that there is a serious
flaw with Lasik & in slashing through the nerves that never
fully recover. Remember, these are the corneal nerves that “are
the phone lines, that go from the eyes to the brain to say
BRAIN, please send the EYES some more tears, we’re starting to
burn and we need them now…”
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FDA |
According to "
LASIK Eye Surgery: What are the risks?,"
an article published on the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration web site, one of several risks of
lasik surgery is the risk that "Some patients may
develop severe dry eye syndrome. As a result of
surgery, your eye may not be able to produce enough
tears to keep the eye moist and comfortable. Dry eye
not only causes discomfort, but can reduce visual
quality due to intermittent blurring and other
visual symptoms. This condition may be permanent."
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Ophthalmology Times |
According to "
Awareness facilitates treatment of LASIK-associated
dry eye," published in Ophthalmology
Times in May 15, 2003), a study shows that "dry eye
is both the most common complication after LASIK as
well as the most common reason for patient
dissatisfaction" and that "up to 80% of patients who
undergo LASIK experience symptoms of dry eye
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Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD |
According to "Prevention
and Management of Post-LASIK Dry Eye," an
online medical lecture dated March 2004 given by
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, dry eye is a potential
complication of lasik surgery. His first slide
states: "The most common and potentially one of the
most devastating ... complications of LASIK is dry
eye." A later slide states, "Every patient gets dry
eye after lasik." He mentions severing of the
corneal nerve as one possible cause of post-lasik
dry eye, and also mentions several other possible
causes, including specific surgical techniques.
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SurgicalEyes.org |
According to
SurgicalEyes.org,
undergoing surgery to correct vision is reported to
cause or increase dry eye pain for some people. The
goal of the Surgical Eyes Web site is to assist
people who have had unsuccessful LASIK, PRK, RK, AK,
ALK or other elective refractive and laser
surgeries. |
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DryEyeInfo.org |
According to the
DryEyeInfo.Org Web
site, people without Sjogren's Syndrome can also
have dry eye and thus dry eye pain:
"Tear production can also decrease from any
condition that decreases corneal sensation....
Causes for decreased corneal sensation include
long-term contact lens wear,
LASIK eye surgery,
trauma to the 5th nerve, and certain viral
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LadarVision.com |
According to the
LadarVision.com safety page,
"People with the following conditions
should not have
LASIK: ... Blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids
with crusting of the eyelashes....)" (and you might
want to also take a look at the other conditions
listed on that page). According to the
LadarVision.com risks page,
"In some cases, LASIK surgery may result in an
inability to produce enough tears to keep eyes
moist. This complication is the most common among
LASIK side effects. Most patients suffer mildly from
this for a short period of time.... The condition,
however, can cause discomfort and may be permanent."
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Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation newsletter (11/02) |
According to a Japanese study of 290 people who
underwent LASIK surgery, some of whom had healthy
eyes and some of whom were classified as having dry
eyes or probable dry eyes, "patients with dry eyes
can have significant dry eye symptoms, which may
worsen after [LASIK] surgery. Those with probable
dry eyes are also at risk for worsening dry eye
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The Flap Never Heals:
This should be posted on every patients and post lasik patients
forehead! They should walk around with “yellow stickies”
letting everyone know the truth. That is why refractive
surgeons can “peel” it back and re-shoot, re-shoot, and re-shoot
the cornea some more, 2,5,12 years down the road. Patients
definitely need to better understand the severity of this, and
how they can’t open their eyes anymore while swimming, nor
engage in any rough sport, nor wipe their eyes without worrying
for the rest of their lives if the flap will become “dislodged,”
and then they will need a “corneal transplant.”
VI: Glenn Hagele /
CRSQA.org / USAEYES.org / ComplicatedEyes.org:
An immediate investigation of a Glenn Hagele should be issued.
Glenn is telling innocent patients what many would call “lies”
about what is best for them. He is giving medical advice and is
NOT a doctor. He charges like $5,000 per year to give a
refractive surgeon a “phony certification,” and I guess
guarantees those membership fees back many times over. So here
is an example of how it works: Example: You type into a
search engine (Google): “hurt lasik patient.” You will see
Glenn’s website as #3 (guess), and you will be redirected to his
website
www.UsaEyes.org
thinking that this is an organization looking out for you, the
patient, and will then send an email or contact Glenn. Glenn
will seem very knowledgeable about your Lasik problem, and will
probably only refer you out to a CRSQA stamped surgeon.
Unfortunately, this is a conflict of interest. These are “paid
referrals.” What happened to redirecting and recommending to
the patient what’s “in the best interests of the patient?”
Glenn then went on a rampage to try to financially hurt and
threaten any patient that owns and operates a “Anti-Lasik
Websites” such as mine.
See for yourself:
http://groups.google.de/group/alt.lasik-eyes/browse_thread/thread/aebc2801ec4d3af6/968c9a787baab97d?hl=de
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356
http://www.lasikflap.com/crsqa/
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=788
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=217
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=780
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=389
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=549
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=152
http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=166
So I ask you FDA:
“What are you doing currently to make sure that doctors are not
breaching levels of the standard of care patients like you and I
should be getting?” “What disciplinary actions are you
willing to enforce and define (if you don’t have any in place
currently) to move to “ACTION,” so that you do what you are
supposed to do which is to “look after the safety of the devices
to protect Americans, and exterminate / terminate any known
medical devices that are lacking safe results, and do this
today.” “If you do NOT have anything in place currently, don’t
you think that the doctor’s all talk amongst each other and know
this?” “I would suggest you immediately implement an “ORDER” to
massively contact each and every doctor & refractive surgeon
across America, & inform them of the “can’s” and “can not’s,” so
that you know there is a level of standard for medical care
DEFINED…” “Immediately, call a meeting of the minds,
define and dissect the problems that you are informed about, and
then answer these by researching “true statistics” and “not
skewed data statistics” that the doctor’s are lying about…”
“Immediately make every attempt to make the refractive medical
devices safest, and seize & destroy all unsatisfactory/inferior
technologies that are used on the human eye…”
My story about
how Nick Caro has ruined hundreds of patients & how I’m working
with the Department of Regulation / Chicago, to close his doors
for life. If it were up to me, & hundreds of other patients
that he has ruined, we would put him in “jail for life,” put 13
locks on his jail cell door, and then destroy all of the keys:
http://www.LifeAfterLasik.com/nickcarolawsuits.htm
http://www.LifeAfterLasik.com
Nick then tried to sue me for $2,000,000.00 after I put all 50
of his lawsuits on my website.
http://www.lifeafterlasik.com/nickcarolawsuithearing1.htm
Nick lost a lot of money and time trying to “sue and quiet me,”
& in the end he will be used as an example “of what NOT TO DO /
NOR BECOME,” by classrooms all over the world. My point is much
simpler: “All he had to do was admit that he made a mistake, &
then work wth me to get the best medical treatment no matter
where in the world, & live by the Hippocratic Oath he swore
years ago which again is sited below, so that you can see how
corrupt the medical community has gotten and how “BIG BUSINESS
OWNS & CONTROLS YOU & EVERYTHING REGARDLESS OF THE SAFETY OF THE
AMERICANS THEY ARE HURTING DAILY:”
Hippocrates “The Father Of
Medicine…”
“I
swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia
and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I
will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and
this covenant:
To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents
and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in
need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his
offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach
them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and
covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and
all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has
instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and
have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one
else. I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the
sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from
harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it,
nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will
not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I
will guard my life and my art. I will not use the knife, not
even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such
men as are engaged in this work. Whatever houses I may visit, I
will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all
intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of
sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free
or slaves.
What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even
outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on
no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself,
holding such things shameful to be spoken about. If I fulfill
this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to
enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for
all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the
opposite of all this be my lot…”
Regards,
Dean Andrew Kantis
W:
754-234-9993
F:
954-449-0024
E:
dkantis@LifeAfterLasik.com
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