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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by dation on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:10PM (#21547746)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullartic...

They calculated in 1/2000 lifetime chance of vision loss from contacts vs a 1/10000 chance for refractive surgery.

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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by JohnFen on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:19PM (#21549726)
I can't read the full article, so this might be incorrect. The summary seems to indicate that they're only considering vision loss, but most of the reports that I've heard of about lasik problems aren't vision loss as such, but the introduction of artifacts.
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