I received this information from another patient today. If anyone has
any more information about this development please share it:

Quote:
"Regis from Live with Regis and Kelly announced this morning on live
television that he just developed a large vitreous detachment that is
clouding his right eye. He went to see his LASIK SURGEON (had the
surgery last year) who told him it would settle back down. I highly
doubt he told him about the pressure change induced by the suction
ring or the connection to even greater damage to the retina that can
be caused by LASIK."

Posterior vitrous detachment is quite common after LASIK due to damage
by the suction ring during surgery. At the bottom of this post is a
reference to a medical study about PVD.  A 13% rate of posterior
vitrous detachment is reported, with a 24% incidence for patients with
high myopia. Not great odds for prospective patients, and has ANYONE
heard of this condition going away on its own? To the best of my
knowledge, LASIK-induced floaters are with you for life. If Regis has
indeed developed a large post-LASIK floater, he may consider seeing a
retinal specialist for a complete retinal exam and an exam of his
optical nerve head to rule out even more serious post-LASIK retinal
and optic nerve complications.

Patients Regis's age likely would benefit more from a refractive lens
exchange surgery, but that safer (and more appropriate surgery for
presbyopes) would have left far less cash in a doctor's wallet. So
perhaps this option wasn't even mentioned.

In addition to the article below, Regis Philbin may want to read The
LASIK Report at htttp://www.thelasikreport.com . Regis may also want
to consider that LASIK eye surgery may be the largest medical/industry
coverup since tobacco.

Effect of microkeratome suction during LASIK on ocular structures
Ophthalmology. 2005 Apr;112(4):645-9.
Mirshahi A, Kohnen T.
Department of Ophthalmology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University,
Frankfurt am
Main, Germany.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15808256&query_hl=4

Excerpt:
Luna et al. reported the development of PVD after LASIK with an
incidence of 2% in a group of 50 patients with low myopia (1.25 to 3.5
D) and 24% in a group of 50 patients with high myopia (6 to 10 D).
Considering the data from the 100 eyes, this corresponds to 13%; thus,
there is not a great deal of difference between our results and the
data in the literature.