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Over the years laser eye surgery has become available and is becoming more popular particularly with professions where the wearing of spectacles can be difficult. It is used to correct long and short sighted vision. It works by using a laser which permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering over the coloured iris and the lens which sits just behind the pupil.
When the surgery is undertaken well there are excellent results. The procedure is relatively simple and takes about an hour. The procedure is usually undertaken privately and the cost therefore varies.
According to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists problems arise in less than 5% of cases. However when things go wrong, they can have dramatic consequences with the potential to lead to blindness. In one such case the operator had not checked the settings on the machine and the burst was of too high an intensity which led to permanent blindness in that eye. In that case the claimant recovered £25,000.
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