LASIK Surgery Facts

Before making the decision between a blade-free or microkeratome LASIK procedure, make sure you know the facts. The following information will help you make an informed decision about what's best for you. If you need more information please call Florida Eye Center at 727-895-2020 today!

Anytime new technology is introduced it will undoubtedly have its share of proponents as well as those who are slow to embrace it. So, it's unavoidable that some doctors may not fully embrace the IntraLase Method. However, that shouldn't stop you from learning how IntraLase offers precision technology for safer LASIK outcomes. In order to help you better evaluate IntraLase it's important that you know the answers to some key issue.

What is LASIK?

LASIK or Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis is a name that refers to the use of a laser to reshape the cornea. Compared to older methods of vision correction, LASIK provides a number of very important advantages. There is typically little or no post-operative discomfort and recovery is fast. During LASIK, Dr. Sibley uses a cool beam of light to gently and precisely alter the curvature of the cornea to shape it more like a normal eye. The best part – your vision returns quickly – without the old, thick glasses or contacts to interfere! And the effects of LASIK have been shown to be permanent.

What is All-Laser LASIK?

Most people would be surprised to know that the first step in traditional LASIK uses a mechanical, hand-held device or blade to cut into the surface of the eye to create the corneal flap. Only the second step, reshaping the cornea, was performed using a laser. This blade and laser combination approach is no longer the safest LASIK procedure available. Since laser vision correction was introduced in the 1980's, there have been steady advances in the safety and outcomes of the procedure. One of these advancements is All-Laser LASIK – it is now 100% All-Laser, providing patients with a safe, bladeless approach. Traditional LASIK – metal blade cuts the corneal flap !!!   All-Laser-LASIK – safe, bladeless approach using a laser to create flap is the best way to go now.

The Truth About IntraLase® and the IntraLase Method™

• More patients get to 20/20 vision and beyond with the IntraLase Method.

• IntraLase can be individualized and personalized to each patient. IntraLase allows surgeons to tailor the corneal flap for each individual patient, and each individual eye.

• IntraLase improves precision, and visual results of LASIK, whether you choose to have a standard or custom procedure.

• IntraLase is the most accurate. IntraLase delivers micron-level accuracy, giving your doctor more control during the procedure and the ability to create a flap of precise size, shape, and depth—factors that are critical to a successful LASIK outcome.3

• Leading LASIK doctors and teaching hospitals from around the world believe in IntraLase and use the IntraLase Method.

• Patients prefer procedures that totally avoid using a microkeratome blade.
  More patients (81%), when given a choice, chose the IntraLase Method over a microkeratome blade.4

• Approximately 1,000,000 IntraLase procedures have been safely performed.

• The NEW  IntraLase Method takes less time to perform than a microkeratome procedure.

• The IntraLase Method takes approximately 15 seconds per eye and a total of 8-10 minutes for the entire LASIK procedure, which is comparable to—and sometimes faster than—procedures using a microkeratome.

• IntraLase is the most sophisticated and accurate technology in history for corneal flap creation available today and has given many patients greater confidence and assurance in choosing laser vision correction.