UT Southwestern's laser is FDA-approved for all vision correction surgery. In addition, the medical center provides certification classes for ophthalmologists from other facilities, and makes the laser available for their use on outside patients. The FDA says some people should not consider laser eye surgery. Sparkman says the surgeons warned him of possible postoperative problems, including the potential for pain. He says he experienced no problems.
Doctors say most patients have virtually no pain and or side effects, but they can occur.
He had about five days of discomfort during which he wore a contact lens-type bandage over the cornea and used eye drops. About the writer Susan Steeves Susan Steeves is WebMD's Dallas-Fort Worth staff reporter, writing about health and medical news throughout the metro area. All rights reserved.