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To: Joe who wrote (2893)	7/27/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: majormember	Respond to of 4140

Joe/Thread: Some great posts from almost two years ago...... It's fascinating to see a post that talks about the FDA's confidence in the procedure. Equally fascinating are the "Regression" points that seemed to have been addressed in medical journals, trails, etc....there is a wealth of knowledge going back through the posts touching virtually every aspect of the LTK procedure, the "perceived" FDA view of acceptance. To anyone interested, going back to post #1 and reading though them somehow brings everything into perspective, which again only begs the question of why the ODP panel rejected. Message 2698376 Message 2632593 Message 4085325 Regards Skane

To: Joe who wrote (2893)	7/28/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: BARRY ALLEN	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 4140

Just returned from a LASIK Seminar...... One of my colleagues had a 57 year old -1.00 diopter Myope who had LASIK performed last month. Well, at 1 week post-op he was a +1.25 diopter Hyperope and now at 1 month post-op he is a +1.75 diopter Hyperope! I asked the Medical Director what happened. He said that the patient was probably an aggressive healer!!! Can you believe it? They will be doing Hyperopic LASIK on this poor guy to fix his over-correction. They call this "enhancement"! Wonder what the ODP would call it! Maybe there should be a recall? Sure would be nice to have that Hyperion LTK machine handy! Did the ODP ever wonder what is going to happen to all those Myopic & Hyperopic LASIK patients over the age of 45? Bet they all will be +.75 to + 1.50 Hyperopes within 5 years! Uh....oh...."enhancement" time! Who's gonna pay for it? Well the Myopes get a life time commitment from LZRC but the Hyperopes only get a one year warranty. Wonder why? Hint......there might be more than one redo! And......what about all those private MD's doing the procedure? Will they absorb all those "enhancement" costs? Now, is everyone starting to see the fallacies in the ODP decision to question the LTK data?? Worse case scenario.....so it "regresses" back to the original Rx at 24 months( which it really doesn't).......Bingo! Enhancement time! Education......Education........Education........that is what's needed here! If the FDA/ODP truly cares and wants to know about the reality with LTK, they should watch the procedure and interview a few patients at 6,12,18,24 months! The data is readily available! They should get off their high stools and get in the trenches. Is that asking to much?