Gimbel or Demong are your only options in my opinion.... as an Optometrist..
Here is why...
1) The Best surgeons go to those two... they are also the most prestigious clinics to work at in Calgary and attract the top of the heap surgeons.
2) LasikMD is very heavily marketed as it is a private corporation... it is a chain and thus has more resources to use in more intensive marketing.. that doesnt mean it is better. They also seem to fund lots of "unbiased" papers on the subject.
3) While the complication rate is low regardless... Gimbel and Demong will not do the surgery if you are not a candidate (which is possible), for this reason we recommend all our patients go to those two places. I am not so sure that LasikMD has a strict enough criteria.
4) Overall the cost of the procedure at Gimbel and Demong is somewhere in the 3000 dollar range for both eyes.. including pre and post op stuff. LasikMD's advertised price does not include that, and thus when all is said and done there is usually only about a 500 dollar difference.. Not enough to be worth the increased risk in my mind.
5) How does Discount Surgery sound to you???
Any further questions shoot me a PM... i will be glad to help
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