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Blade-Free LASIK with the Advanced Precision of
IntraLase
Precision and safety are our primary goals in LASIK.
To that end, Bloomberg Eye Center brings the latest
technology to our patient here in Columbus and
Central Ohio. That is why we offer blade-free
IntraLase as step one in your all-laser LASIK
treatment.
With IntraLase, a beam of laser light is used to
create the corneal flap, which is then lifted so the
second step of LASIK—the reshaping of the cornea—can
be done. When the LASIK treatment is over, the flap
is securely repositioned into place. This bladeless,
computer-guided technology is more accurate than
most mechanical microkeratomes (hand-held device
with a thin metal blade) that surgeons may also use
to create a corneal flap.* The combination of
Intralase with custom LASIK is referred to as
“i-LASIK”
iLASIK is now the
approved technology for Navy pilots and NASA
astronauts
IntraLase Assurance and Comfort
IntraLase has been used successfully on hundreds of
thousands of eyes in the US, including here in
Columbus and Central Ohio, and we trust this
advanced technology to deliver exceptional results.
Our commitment is to provide you with the ultimate
in comfort, safety, and outstanding vision.
Blade-free LASIK with IntraLase can help you achieve
all of this—while it delivers the added assurance of
knowing you’re being treated with the most advanced
technology there is.
How IntraLase works
Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology
is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your
flap based on what’s best for your eye. Then the
IntraLase laser creates your flap from below the
surface of the cornea—without ever cutting it. How?
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1. IntraLase uses
ultrafast pulses of laser light to
position microscopic bubbles at a
precise depth determined by your doctor.
2.
The laser light passes
harmlessly through your cornea. Then the
laser creating rows of these bubbles
just beneath your corneal surface as it
moves back and forth across your eye in
a uniform plane.
3.
Next, the IntraLase laser
stacks bubbles around your corneal
diameter to create the edges of your
flap. These bubbles are stacked at an
angle that is determined by your doctor
and is individualized to the way your
eye is shaped.
4.
The process takes only about
30 seconds from start to finish—it’s
quiet and it’s comfortable.
5.
Your doctor then gently lifts
the flap to allow for the second step of
your LASIK treatment. When treatment is
complete, the flap easily “locks” back
into position and rapidly begins to
heal.
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Blade-Free LASIK is
preferred by patients.
In a survey of clinical practices, the vision in the
IntraLase-treated eye was preferred up to 3 to 1 by
patients over the vision in the mechanical
blade-treated eye (among those who stated a
preference).**
Blade-Free LASIK delivers
superior visual results.
In a clinical study comparing the IntraLase laser to
the leading microkeratome, more patients achieved
20/20 vision or better in standard and custom LASIK
surgery when IntraLase was used to create the
corneal flap.***
Because of the superior
accuracy of IntraLase, certain patients who were
ineligible for LASIK may now be able to have
treatment. Ask your doctor today if you are a
candidate.
*Wang M. Femtosecond
technology: is now the time to buy? Refractive
Eyecare for Ophthalmologists. May 2003;5:7.
** Daniel S Durrie, M.D.: Randomized prospective
clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical
keratome. Subsets presented at the Joint Meeting of
the American Academy of Ophthalmology & the
International Society of Refractive Surgery,
November 14, 2003, Anaheim, CA, the Symposium of the
American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery,
May 4, 2004, San Diego, CA, the International
Refractive Surgery: Science and Practice, October
23, 2004, New Orleans, LA, and the Symposium of the
American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery,
April 18, 2005, Washington, DC.
*** Durrie, DS, MD, Kezirian GM, MD. Femtosecond
laser versus mechanical keratome flaps in wavefront-guided
laser in situ keratomileusis: Prospective
contralateral eye study. J Cataract Refract Surg.
2005;31:120-126.
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