A recent study, published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery, examines the prevalence of laser corneal refractive surgery (laser vision correction [LVC]) among ophthalmologists who perform these procedures and to assess the willingness of these ophthalmologists to recommend LVC to immediate family members.

The study finds that refractive surgeons were approximately 4 times more likely to have LVC than the general population and that between 90.2% and 98.6% of refractive surgeons recommended LVC to their immediate family members.

Kezirian, G., Parkhurst, G., Brinton, J., Norden, R., “Prevalence of laser vision correction in ophthalmologists who perform refractive surgery”.  Journal of Refractive Surgery, Vol 41, p 1826, September 2015

 

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