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FWIW the official Navy Diving policy is excerpted below from BUMED policy (http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/refractive_surgery_information.htm#Section6). The Navy is apparently OK with PRK for divers but not RK or LASIK. B.L. Flank ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "2- Diving/Special Warfare duty: The only warfare community for which PRK is not considered disqualifying. All other forms of corneal refractive surgery, including radial keratotomy (RK) and Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), are disqualifying and waiver recommendations will normally not be considered. Applicants for entry into diving duty, including special operations and special warfare, must have a six-month waiting period following their most recent corneal surgery prior to their qualifying examination. An ophthalmologist or optometrist, together with an undersea medical officer will determine when designated diving and special warfare personnel may return to full duty following corneal surgery. Personnel electing to have PRK must receive authorization from their commanding officer prior to the surgery. This provision does not pertain to new accessions into active duty, who must comply with guidelines for new accessions, as summarized in question (6)." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Martin M. Quigley [mailto:quiglem@ib*.ne*] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:41 PM To: simonm@ho*.co*.za*; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: Laser eye surgery You might be interested in the following URL: http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc/diveye.htm#Diving After Eye Surgery RK (radial keratotomy) is permanently disqualifying for Navy Divers - my guess is that they'd feel the same about Lasik. Realistically, from a diving complication perspective, I'd wait 3 months after surgery before resuming diving. (In addition to being an active cave diver, I'm a physician trained by NOAA in Diving Medicine). -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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