New Refractive Surgery Procedures and Their Implications for Aviation Safety

Nakagawa VB, Wood KJ, Montgomery RW

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine - Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

关键词: Aviation Vision;    Aeromedical Certification;    Refractive Surgery;   

RP-ID  :  DOT/FAA/AM-06/9

美国|英语

来源: Federal Aviation Administration

【 摘 要 】

Since the early 1980s, civil airmen have been allowed to correct refractive error (i.e., myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) with corrective surgery. Prior Federal Aviation Administration research studies have shown that the number of civil airmen with refractive surgery continues to increase.