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| Web Pages |
| Eye Surgery Education Council |
| Providing articles for patients and journal abstracts for doctors. |
| Ask Lasik Doctors |
| Includes a doctor directory, articles and a bulletin board for patients to ask questions and answers. |
| Lasik Patient |
| Compare the ophthalmologists in your area. |
| Lasik Doc Shop |
| Directory of United States surgeons, organized by location. |
| Lasik America |
| Guide to procedures, advantages, and potential complications. |
| eMedicine - Future Advances in LASIK |
| Dr. Christopher Yo reviews the latest research on and future goals of laser vision correction. Includes pictures and videos. |
| Clínica Reinoso - Eye Conditions and Procedures |
| Diagrams and animations about the procedure. |
| FDA - LASIK Eye Surgery |
| Unbiased FAQ, checklists, and a glossary to help consumers learn about the procedure. |
| Surgical Eyes |
| Presents risks and complications. Includes an active message board, resources, graphics and statistics. |
| Eastbayexpress.com - A Pain in the Eye That's Forever: Lasik and its Failures |
| Long article examines the Lasik industry and shares several people's details of bad experiences with the surgery. |
| LasikInfoCenter.net |
| Works to provide information to counter hype and misinformation about the surgery. |
| Co-management of LASIK |
| Explanation of problems associated with surgical co-management and fee splitting in refractive surgery. |
| Lasikconsumerreport.com |
| One practitioner's guide to evaluation and surgery, and how to select a surgeon. |
| Smartmoney.com: Consumer Action: Need Your Eyes Fixed? |
| Compares positive and negative aspects of surgery to several nonsurgical vision correction methods. |
| Alt-Lasik-Eyes.com |
| Home of the alt.lasik-eyes newsgroup. In addition to a FAQ, there is a forum and news articles. |
| SFGate.com - A Look At One Failed Surgery and How New Lasik Technology Might Fix Such Mistakes |
| A patient gets a LASIK surgery intended for another person. The story of a doctor's effort to undo the damage. |
| nbc4.com - The Real Deal: Lasik |
| News station investigates a $299 per eye offer and learns there's a lot of fine print and an apparent effort to convince people to pay more than the advertised price. |
| TheWGALChannel.com - Low-Cost LASIK Surgery |
| An investigation into Pennsylvania state regulations related to mobile surgery centers. |
| LASIK Complications and the Internet: Is the Public Being Misled? |
| Study published by the Journal of Internet Medical Research concludes that websites need more balanced information on laser eye surgery complications. |
| FTC Stops Allegedly Misleading Representations |
| Information about actions against two laser eye surgery chains for unsubstantiated advertising claims. |
| LocateADoc.com |
| Searchable directory of laser vision correction surgeons. |
| LADARVision |
| Describes a system for performing custom laser vision correction procedures. |
| See With Lasik Eye Surgery |
| Educational site on lasik eye surgery, including new ladar vision, for people with common vision correction. |