Refractive Surgery in the Civil Airman Population by Class of Medical Certificate and by Aviation Occupation

摘要: Refractive surgical procedures have been associated with numerous side-effects, including glare, reduced contrast sensitivity, and fluctuating visual acuity. The quality of vision after refractive surgery therefore may be unacceptable in a cockpit environment. This report reviews the aeromedical certification experience population. Active airmen Federal Aviation Administration-specific pathology codes 130 (radial keratotomy) 5179 (general eye prefix) from 1994 - 1996 were identified Consolidated Airman Information System medical database. Airmen by records review as having had surgery, collated into database analyzed against demographic data extracted FAA publications. further stratified aviation occupation (pilot, copilot, first second officer, flight engineer). There 3,761 some type procedure during study period. prevalence rate total civil airman population was 6.21/1,000 airmen. who are present all classes certificate holders, substantial number crewmembers fly for commercial airlines. presence anticipated increased incidence such warrant special monitoring evaluation operational problems involving these pilots.