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IntraLase Makes LASIK Safer.
LASIK surgery has a long history of safely and effectively improving
vision and lessening patients’ dependence on glasses and
contact lenses. IntraLase, however, knew that LASIK surgery wasn’t
as safe and effective as it could be. The company responded with
a breakthrough technology that replaces the mechanical microkeratome
with a highly precise laser that works at the molecular level
to separate tissue and create a superior corneal flap.
This innovation made sense. Lasers have a long history in medicine.
In fact, the excimer laser used in Step Two of LASIK surgery
has brought incredible safety and precision to eye surgery.
One pulse of the excimer laser removes 0.25 microns of tissue,
which is almost 300 times thinner than a typical human hair.*
Precision Technology for Safer LASIK Surgery
By replacing the blade commonly used in Step One with a femtosecond
laser, IntraLase has made LASIK eye surgery safer than ever
before. IntraLase delivers micron-level accuracy 100 percent
greater**** than a microkeratome for more accurate and consistent
flap thickness, factors critical for a successful LASIK outcome.
Microkeratomes are safe and provide good results in LASIK eye
surgery. The degree of accuracy achieved by the INTRALASE®
laser, however, is unprecedented in flap creation technology.
With IntraLase you now have the greater assurance you need that
Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be the best it can be—more
accurate, safer, and a first step towards getting you the best
LASIK result possible.
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Eye Surgery
Education Council. LASIK Fundamentals: Technology. Available
at http://www.lasikinstitute.com/technology.html. Accessed
June 29, 2004.
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Shareef
Mahdavi: How IntraLase technology is impacting the refractive
practice. SM2 Consulting, Pleasanton, CA. April 2004. Data
on file, IntraLase Corp. |
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Guy M Kezirian,
M.D. and Karl G Stonecipher, M.D.: Comparison of the IntraLase
femtosecond laser and mechanical keratomes for laser in
situ keratomileusis. Journal of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery April 2004; 30:804-811. |
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Ming Wang,
M.D., Ph.D. : Femtosecond technology: Is now the time to
buy? Refractive Eyecare for Ophthalmologists, May 2003;5:7.
JH Talamo: Optimizing flap outcomes with the INTRALASE
FS laser. Ophthalmology Management, May 2004.
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“I was surprised to see how large a patient population
readily adapted to IntraLase citing fear as the reason for not
having LASIK. The bottom line is that IntraLase provides my
patients with superior outcomes.”
Karl G. Stonecipher, M.D.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Since the mid-1990’s, over eight million
LASIK eye surgeries have been performed.
Since 2001, IntraLase has been used in over 200,000 LASIK procedures
with no reports of serious sight-threatening complications.
78% of patients, when given a choice, chose to have Step One
performed with the IntraLase laser over a hand-held metal
microkeratome.**
A retrospective analysis comparing LASIK
results with IntraLase versus the two leading microkeratomes
demonstrated that IntraLase performed better in three areas
important to LASIK results and safety—flap thickness, induced
astigmatism and cell injury.***
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