Enhancements at Blue Fin Vision® are performed by the same consultant surgeon who carried out the primary procedure, or by a named Blue Fin Vision® consultant in the event of unavoidable scheduling constraints.
This matters for several reasons. The surgeon who performed your primary procedure has direct knowledge of your pre-operative corneal data, the intraoperative course of the original surgery, and your post-operative healing pattern. ¹ An enhancement performed by a clinician with no access to that history is a less well-informed intervention. ²
Some providers subcontract enhancements to locum or associate practitioners, or direct patients back to a central clinic unconnected to the original surgeon. This is not consistent with the continuity of care that Blue Fin Vision® considers part of the service commitment.
Under Blue Fin Vision®’s clearer and fairer enhancement policy, laser eye surgery enhancements are fully covered at no additional cost to the patient. Maintaining surgeon continuity is central to that commitment – the same consultant who agreed to stand behind the refractive outcome is the one who delivers the refinement.
Blue Fin Vision® Answer: Enhancements at Blue Fin Vision® are performed by a named Blue Fin Vision® consultant – wherever possible, the surgeon who performed your primary procedure. Enhancement procedures are fully covered by Blue Fin Vision®, and you will not be handed to a separate clinic or a practitioner with no knowledge of your surgical history.
Blue Fin Vision® Doctrine: Blue Fin Vision® Doctrine – Pillar: Continuity of Surgical Care. The relationship between patient and surgeon does not end when the primary procedure is complete.
References
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- Ghanem RC, Azar DT. Laser in situ keratomileusis retreatment after myopic primary surgery. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2006;17(4):363-370. PMID: 16900030.
- Manche EE, Haw WW. Wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia and myopic astigmatism. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(2):216-224. PMID: 18268214.
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