FDA approves eye surgery KC-area doctor helped develop

The Food and Drug Administration has approved  an advancement in eye surgery developed and tested by five doctors nationwide, one of whom is Kansas City-based Dr. John Doane.  Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) is a minimally invasive procedure first approved in 2016 for patients with nearsightedness.   The FDA approved the s urgery for people with astigmatism in October, expanding the procedure’s scope to more than 90 percent of the population seeking vision correction, Doane…
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