The history of a woman who developed diplopia after radial keratotomy
is reported, Examination showed that this was the result of the appear
ance of accommodative esotropia, Some complications of refractive surg
ery reported in the literature were reviewed. it is the current policy
of the U.S. military services to disqualify an applicant for entry wh
o has undergone refractive surgery, Based on this review of complicati
ons it is argued that this is still the correct policy.