Groundbreaking eye surgery has Airmen seeing careers saved
Maj. Marc Neuffer, chief of cornea and refractive surgery at the U.S. Air Force Academy's 10th Medical Group, prepares to perform collagen crosslinking on patient Capt. Brent Danner May 3, 2018. The medical procedure corrects progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia, degenerative eye conditions. Story and photo by Laurie Wilson, May 7, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Every year, Air Force Academy Cadets and Airmen are found to have eyesight conditions that can disqualify them from flight status, according to Academy ophthalmologists. For patients with progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia, the odds of their careers ending prematurely changed dramatically May 3,...
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