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The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the woodchipper-surgery dept.

The New York Times reports that laser eye surgery — now performed on nearly a third of every new class of midshipmen — is transforming Naval careers. Navy doctors are performing these operations with "assembly-line efficiency," allowing older pilots to continue flying, and those who might otherwise have been disqualified to pursue flight school. The number of procedures has reportedly climbed from 50 to 349 over the past five years. The Navy uses a different procedure than that used on civilians — grinding the cornea rather than cutting a flap — out of fears that the flap could come loose in supersonic combat.

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  1. Re:Grinding your eyeball? by Ninjaesque+One · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you have dyslexia, how can you spell dyslexia correctly while being unable to spell 'lose'?

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  2. Re:Grinding your eyeball? by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks, I'll try not to loose site of my humility.

    Sight, not site. Unless you keep your humidity stored offsite.

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    I drank what? -- Socrates
  3. Re:Grinding your eyeball? by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    How f'ing hard is it to know the difference between lose and loose?
    It couldn't be any worse than not knowing the difference between perder and flojo.
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    What?