Reducing anxiety in LASIK patients helps improve satisfaction

Louis E. Probst
WASHINGTON — Empowering patients during their LASIK procedure is among the steps surgeons can take to enhance the experience, according to one surgeon who related pearls for conducting LASIK at Refractive Day during the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.
“We all know LASIK is a great procedure ... but we can still have issues,” Louis E. Probst, MD, said. Complications are becoming more rare, but the procedure can still be stressful for patients, he said.
One way to reduce complications is to use single-use instruments, which

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