Historic LASIK Surgery Performed on Quadriplegic Patient to Preserve his Communication Abilities

BERGENFIELD, N.J., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Eric Abrue
(30), a quadriplegic patient who is dependent on a
respirator since he was eight years old, had a historic
and highly successful LASIK procedure performed
by Drs. Jeffrey and Joseph Dello Russo. Eric fell from
a monkey bar in a playground in 1986, breaking his
neck and severing his spinal cord. Since that day, he
suffers from Quadriplegia, being totally unable to move any
part of his body below his upper neck down and is able to
breath on his ownonly for a short period of time without
the use of a respirator.

Eric is the first quadriplegic patient in the world who
underwent LASIK, using the Wavelight Eye-Q and a special
WL Swivel Chair. Eric, who is now thirty, is dependent for
all his needs on an around-the-clock care giver. He runs a
successful music production company, attends a college
online and designs his own T-shirt line. He was using
eyeglasses to see his computer clearly but in the last few
months has found out that wearing glasses did little to clear
up his vision, and the images became after
using the computer for 14-16 hours per day.

source:PR Newswire