Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have Never Been Approved’
So in the study the article refers to, when asked after 6 months "Currently, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the result of your LASIK surgery?" on a 6-point scale, the responses were:<p><pre><code>    Completely satisfied         69.9%  (151/216)
    Very satisfied               22.7%   (49/216)
    Somewhat satisfied            4.2%    (9/216)
    Somewhat dissatisfied         0.9%    (2/216)
    Very dissatisfied             0.9%    (2/216)
    Completely dissatisfied       0.9%    (2/216)
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(this is from eTable 4 in the supplement here: <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2587831" rel="nofollow">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullartic...</a>).<p>If the FDA guy concludes from this that the procedure should never have been approved, I'm tempted to say that it reveals more about the risk-averseness of the FDA than about the dangers of the procedure.