Have You Suffered Complications From Refractive Eye Surgery? Get Legal Help
If you or a loved one underwent LASIK surgery and later experienced vision problems, loss of vision, pain, infection, dryness, or if the operation was unsuccessful, you have legal rights. LASIK patients are urged to seek legal advice as they may be entitled to compensation. Call Mark & Associates, P.C. today at 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448) or fill out our short online form. Victims of LASIK malpractice and complications are often left with no vision, poor vision, or permanent eye damage.
LASIK Eye Surgery Complications
While most LASIK surgeries are successful and cause no complications, many injuries do occur. About 5% of LASIK patients say they are unsatisfied with their vision after the procedure, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The most common LASIK surgery complications include:
- Damage, Loss, or Distortion of the corneal flap
- Vision loss and blindness
- Hazy, blurry vision
- Glare, Starbursts, Floaters, Halo, Ghosting
- Night vision problems
- Decreased contrast sensitivity
- Extreme eye dryness
- Infection
- Scarring
Causes of LASIK Eye Surgery Complications
LASIK complications can result from medical negligence, surgical error, and a host of other causes. The most common causes of LASIK complications include:
- Malpractice / negligence
- Errors by the surgeon
- Equipment/laser failure
- Incomplete procedure
- Poor preoperative screening (i.e. operating on pregnant or diabetic patients or those with conditions such as keratoconus)
Other LASIK Problems
LASIK patients may also be lured in by false or misleading advertisements and suffer from emotional disorders as a result of their procedures. Some of the most common problems associated with LASIK surgery include:
- False advertising claims by doctors promoting refractive eye surgery
- False promises of perfect vision by marketers of vision correction surgery
- Surgeon minimizing or understating risks
- Failure of doctor to correct vision problems
- Competitive pricing between doctors leading to high volume of procedures and higher potential for complications
- Need for repeat procedure
- Depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, panic attacks and post traumatic stress disorder in LASIK patients
- Job loss due to complications from refractive eye surgery, becoming disabled
- Improper use of non-FDA-approved lasers
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