Refractive Surgery News

Former FDA Regulator Says LASIK Side Effects Weren't Taken Seriously Enough

By Lisa Start, Alberto Orso, Joseph Brownstein LASIK eye surgery has provided the promise of a quick vision fix for millions of Americans, but now one of the Food and Drug Administration regulators who approved the procedure in the 1990s is publicly expressing concerns about its safety. Some 700,000 people a year in the U.S. get LASIK surgery to correct their vision, and in the years since the procedure was approved, the majority of patients have been happy with...
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Dr. Quentin Franklin and LASIKPLUS Sued for LASIK Malpractice

Laurie Shrieves v. Quentin Franklin, M.D., and LCA-Vision, Inc. d/b/a LASIKPlus Virginia Circuit Court for the City of Chesapeake, Case No. CL 10000278-00 Pleasantville, NY (PRWEB) February 14, 2010 -- On February 5, 2010, plaintiff, Laurie Shrieves, filed suit against Quentin Franklin, M.D., and VCA-Vision, Inc., d/b/a LASIKPlus, in the Virginia Circuit Court for the City of Chesapeake, for the negligent performance of LASIK surgery on Ms. Shrieves. On June 29, 2008, Ms. Shrieves came under the care and...
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Dr. Gerald Horn Charged with Inside Trading by the SEC

By Hemma Ramrattan on February 12, 2010, 1:56 pm The SEC has charged ophthalmologist Gerald Horn with insider trading in the options of LCA-Vision Inc., a provider of laser eye surgery. Horn (pictured), the medical director of LCA’s Schaumburg, Illinois facility, reportedly faces civil charges over his purchases of options on the shares of LCA by which he made a profit of about $870,000. By exercising stock option grants and immediately selling this stock on the basis of nonpublic information,...
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SLAPP Lawsuit Against 100 LASIK Patients by CRSQA Dismissed

On April 7, 2009 Glenn Hagele and the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance, filed a frivolous SLAPP lawsuit against Dr. Lauranell Burch and 100 LASIK patients in an effort to silence their complaints on the internet about medical malpractice.  On February 8, 2010, the court ordered the lawsuit against Dr. Lauranell Burch and 100 patients to be dismissed with prejudice. This means that CRSQA can never again refile this lawsuit in an effort to intimidate and silence LASIK patients....
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