Suppose you were an ophthalmologist and you discovered another ophthalmologist was performing cataract surgery and was consistently getting post-op refractions between -2.00D and -6.00D...would you say something to this doc about it? What if you then discovered it was because they were getting messed up IOL calculations due to using a broken A-scan...which they know is broken, and which has been brought to that person's attention, and which they don't care to replace or repair because they can't be bothered to spend the $$...how would you approach something like this? Theoretically speaking of course.
To me it seems like substandard care, and if I was a patient of a surgeon like that I would be furious. I am not sure, however, if post-op myopia is an actual injury since medicine is an inexact science. This whole scenario seems careless and wrong to me, but maybe I am overreacting?
I personally think someone like that, despite being board certified, fellowship trained, yadda yadda, should NOT be doing surgery and does not give a flying fig about patients.
If MY A scan began to give me crap results, I would immediately reschedule my surgeries, stop using it and replace it asap. I don't know WTH is wrong with some people!
To me it seems like substandard care, and if I was a patient of a surgeon like that I would be furious. I am not sure, however, if post-op myopia is an actual injury since medicine is an inexact science. This whole scenario seems careless and wrong to me, but maybe I am overreacting?
I personally think someone like that, despite being board certified, fellowship trained, yadda yadda, should NOT be doing surgery and does not give a flying fig about patients.
If MY A scan began to give me crap results, I would immediately reschedule my surgeries, stop using it and replace it asap. I don't know WTH is wrong with some people!
