Seeing the risks of letting optometrists do eyelid surgery

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SDN Rounds said:
Seeing the risks of letting optometrists do eyelid surgery

Over a dozen states let optometrists wield a scalpel on the eyelid, opening up patients to missed cancers, unsafe procedures and more.



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Tf. Just no. Anything that is currently done by MDs/DOs, particularly surgery or prescribing, should NOT be outsourced to anyone else. Not without OVERWHELMING support by the main physician professional societies. The states and politicians need to sit the **** down before they hurt somebody.... oh, too late.
 
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