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LASIK Risk Score: An Easy Method to Predict Postoperative Outcome

Dany M. Najjar, MD

PURPOSE: To present a simple model for assessing the risk score of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

METHODS: The LASIK surgery risk score is a number attributed to every LASIK procedure and depends on the presence of individual variables that might add diffi culty and increase the risk of the surgical procedure.

RESULTS: The score can vary from 1 to 14 with values between 1 and 4 considered low risk for complications, values between 5 and 9 moderate risk, and values above 10 high risk.

CONCLUSIONS: This scale gives a gross estimate of the surgical risk of the LASIK procedure and adds valuable information to the preoperative assessment. [J Refract Surg. 2005;21:399-400.]

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