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What are the risks of refractive surgery?

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What are the risks of refractive surgery?

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While enjoying a very high success rate, refractive surgery is still surgery and like all surgery there is some risk associated with it. Our most important goal is your safety. Some potential complications include conditions such as dryness, complications in making the surgical flap, night glare, over or under-correction, infection and loss of best-corrected vision. Your surgeon will go over the potential risks with refractive surgery and measures taken to avoid them. Be sure to have all your questions are answered before having surgery.

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Again, the counselor can discuss with you the benefits, risks, and side-effects of the surgery, and what you may be able to expect from the procedure. However, steps are taken to reduce the possibility of risks.

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