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Koivu Got Eye Surgery Saturday


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I didn't know he needed it. so who ever reported that he could come back soon should do a better job..bad info

english:http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=165255&hubname=

francais:http://rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/203832.html

my sister was followed by Dr little when she was young...and man, talk about coke bottles :lol:

speedy recovery, Saku..are you ever going to get a break?!

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While it's not what I'd call a "nothing" surgery, it's not a major thing. I've had that kind of "surgery" on my eye as well, and my vision is just fine. As long as you get it soon before it gets worse and worse, which they have done, the prognosis is very good.

Basically, he lay very still on a table while the doctor directed a laser at the retina in his eye to burn the retina back into place. He's have miniscule blind spots that he won't notice and probably didn't suffer more than the mildest pain during the surgery. I had cryosurgery on my eye - for places on the retina that the laser can't get to - and that's far more painful apparently.

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Yeah apparently he'll be almost as good as new in a few weeks time. Only lose a small percentage of his vision, where the laser welds hold the retina in place. Maybe those passes will be a little less sharp?

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