By Dr. Michael Gyasi Medical Director & Vitreoretinal Surgeon, St. Thomas Eye Hospital “Laser surgery” is one of those phrases that gets used for almost anything in ophthalmology, and it scares more patients than it should. In reality, laser treatment in eye care isn’t one procedure, it’s a toolkit of seven distinct treatments, each aimed at a completely different problem,…
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