Study Confirms Safety of Optometric Laser Surgery: Just two negative outcomes were reported in nearly 150,000 procedures, for a rate of 0.001%.

The article highlights a study confirming the safety of laser procedures performed by optometrists, revealing a remarkably low negative outcome rate of 0.001 percent from nearly 150,000 procedures. Topics discussed include the effectiveness of optometric laser surgery, regional variations in post-graduate training for optometrists, and the impact of this data on the ongoing debate over the expansion of optometric practice scopes.