Too Many, Too Fast
Representing Victims of Lasik Surgery Malpractice
Lasik surgery has become an industry of its own. Clinics slot as many procedures per day as they can, as if they were scheduling haircuts. Patients are scheduled one after another, often with no pre-operative consult with a doctor.
It's a wonder more people aren't injured.
Millions of people have benefited from laser eye surgery, but that is no consolation to the thousands of victims of Lasik surgery gone bad. The law firm of Hill & Associates, P.C. of Philadelphia will stand up for people like you to hold medical professionals accountable for vision loss or serious complications.
Not as Safe as They'd Like You to Believe
About 1 million people have refractive laser surgery each year, and most are satisfied with the outcome. But 3 percent to 6 percent of patients — thousands of people — are still living with adverse effects six months or more after the operation. The damage ranges from blindness or severely blurred vision to aggravating glares, halos, starbursts or "ghosts."
Laser surgery occurs at the microscopic level — tissues in your eyes are measured in microns. There is no room for error. But it's not necessarily the delicate procedure itself that results in impaired vision. The causes of eye surgery injury often have more to do with ill-advised surgeries, how eye clinics are run and negligent after-care:
- You signed an "informed consent" waiver, but were you fully informed of the risks?
- Were you misled by deceptive advertising?
- Were you a bad candidate for Lasik?
- Did the doctor realize your risks?
- Did the laser malfunction? Was the cornea properly measured?
- Could your complications have been prevented or minimized through follow-up treatment?
Proving Lasik Surgery Malpractice
Hill & Associates, P.C. will aggressively attempt to prove the eye doctor error (ocular malpractice) that led to impaired vision, side effects or the lost chance at improved vision. We will examine the pre-operative consultation, the consent form and your medical records. We will have the Lasik apparatus and credentials of the eye surgeon checked out. We will bring in experts in ophthalmology who can attest to failures in the process that constitute a breach of professional medical standards.
Attorney Leonard Hill and his team of proven trial lawyers bring over 20 years of combined experience in personal injury litigation to your Lasik surgery malpractice case. They have secured thousands of settlements and jury verdicts.
Call 866-720-4699 or contact us online for a free initial consultation. We take ophthalmologic malpractice cases throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
