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Too Much Surgery?
Posted on July 18, 2008
Sometimes what starts out as one eye operation turns out to be four...sometimes six.With all respect to my dermatology colleagues, performing an eye operation is not like having a wart frozen. There, that's done. You're cured! Eye surgeons frequently counsel their preoperative patients that it's possible that more surgery may be needed down the road. Here are some of the more common reasons for that precaution:The original surgery could not be not completed. This happens during cataract surgery if a chunk of lens material falls away into the back of the eye. The judicious action is to schedul...
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