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 lasik enhancement, Alexander - Moscow, AL, 3/20/2003
  answre, William B. Trattler, MD Miami, FL 3/23/2003, (#1)
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"lasik enhancement"
Posted by Alexander - Moscow, AL on 04:16:23 3/20/2003
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Good day, doctor !
You wrote at internet site:
" With the LASIK procedure, enhancements are easier since the flap can be re-lifted for a period of time without requiring use of the microkeratome."
During what period (month, years...) enhancement is possible without requiring use of the microkeratome ?
To me made LASIK 4 years back.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander
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1. "answre"
Posted by William B. Trattler, MD on 21:35:25 3/23/2003
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The LASIK flap can be lifted again many years after the procedure. I am aware of surgeons lifting flaps 5 and 7 years after the initial procedure.
On the other hand - please be aware that there are many reports that recutting a LASIK flap places the patient at risk for a complication, as there is a chance that the second microkeratome cut can cut a wedge out of the first lasik flap, and irregular astigmatism can result.
I hope this helps
Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL
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