FDA takes closer look at Lasik complaints

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer, Medicine & Health / Health

In this Nov. 1, 2005 file photo, Dr. Colman Kraff docks the femtosecond laser, flattening the cornea, of patient Steve Parker as the initial step in creating the Lasik flap during Parker's eye surgery at Kraff's offices in Chicago. A decade after Lasik eye surgery hit the market, patients left with fuzzy instead of clear vision are airing their grievances before federal health officials. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

(AP) -- A decade after Lasik eye surgery hit the market, patients left with fuzzy instead of clear vision are airing their grievances before federal health officials. Make no mistake: Most Lasik recipients do walk away with crisper vision, some better than 20/20.

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