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 surgery for people with astigmatism in October, expanding the procedure’s scope to more than 90 percent of the population seeking vision correction, Doane…
