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To: BARRY ALLEN who wrote (2917)	7/31/1999 6:53:00 PM
From: BARRY ALLEN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4140

The Wicked Witch of Oz.......obviously, is not to keen on Laser procedures. FDA ADVISERS SUPPORT USE OF IMPLANTS TO CORRECT EYESIGHT ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Some 20 million nearsighted Americans may soon be able to get tiny, transparent rings implanted onto their corneas to help them see better, maybe perfectly, without glasses or contact lenses. The government is considering whether to let KeraVision Inc.'s Intacs sell as an alternative to highly popular eye surgery. The key difference: While eye surgery is permanent, the implants' effects seem reversible in most cases because they don't destroy the eye tissue. "There's no eraser at the end of a laser," noted Dr. Marian Macsai, an ophthalmologist at West Virginia University. "This is removable take it out" if there's a problem. Macsai and fellow advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Tuesday that Intacs transparent crescents about as thick as contact lenses that form a ring around the edge of the cornea should be sold. "It's largely reversible," said panel chairman Dr. James McCulley of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. But "it's not an absolute certainty."