IntraLase LASIK: (Femtosecond Laser)

LASIK has always involved two steps: making a flap and reshaping the cornea with the Excimer laser. Because we are dedicated to providing our patients with the best possible vision, we use the IntraLase femtosecond laser to make the flap, thereby making LASIK al ALL-LASER procedure.

In seconds, with computer precision and high -speed delivery, the IntraLase laser delivers over a million tiny two-micron-sized bubbles that gently separate the layers of corneal tissue and creates a customized flap of the desired thickness, size, orientation, and location.

This unprecedented level of control makes LASIK safer and allows more patients to qualify for LASIK. This level of precision, control, and safety is simply impossible to achieve with a hand-held mechanical microkeratome that uses a surgical blade to make the flap.

Corneal tissue is separated by over a million tiny two-micron-sized bubbles. The flap is lifted to allow for the laser treatment.

Is LASIK Surgery As Safe And Accurate As Possible?

IntraLase is a laser-guided process designed to perfect the first and most important step of the LASIK procedure.

LASIK corrects vision by reshaping the cornea, which allows light to focus onto the retina. During the surgery's initial step, rather than using a hand -held metal blade (microkeratome) to create the incision to lift a thin outer layer of the cornea, IntraLase provides a bladeless, computer-guided laser alternative to more accurately produce the necessary corneal flap. The instrument is silent and less invasive, and studies have shown that it's up to 100 times more accurate than a manual incision.

A Safer Alternative

Although complications from the LASIK procedure are rare, when they do occur the problems are most often linked to the surgery's first step - the incision. Crafting a precise corneal flap is vital for faster healing, greater comfort and better vision. There's no room for error.

If the sheath is cut incorrectly, for example to thick or thin, it could impact how well you see after surgery. IntraLase offers and effective and increasingly popular alternative to the traditional corneal incision.

Calculated Accuracy

Recent studies have shown that three to four times more patients achieved 20/16 or better vision when they opted for the IntraLase laser versus the microkeratome in the first step of the LASIK procedure. The findings aren't surprising considering that the laser fine-tunes surgical movements to a micron level - a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a millimeter. That's precision.