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Making LASIK Better
IntraLase creates a flap of precise size, shape and depth. To
achieve such precision, your doctor uses the laser to rapidly
separate micro-thin layers of the cornea as he creates a self-sealing
flap. It is all a part of an efficient process that helps to assure
you that Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be accurate, safe
and a first step towards giving you the best LASIK result possible.
Physicians Support the INTRALASE® Laser
“I have performed thousands
of LASIK surgeries with the microkeratome; there was always the
concern that the flap might be too thick or too thin. By switching
to the IntraLase laser I have been able to create consistently
higher quality flap dimension and more predictable refractive
outcomes eliminating all of the risks associated with flap creation
with mechanical microkeratomes. All of which has allowed me to
increase my patients' satisfaction.”
Perry Binder, M.D.
San Diego, California
Leading doctors believe in the IntraLase laser. They use it for
Step One in both standard and custom LASIK eye surgery because
clinical studies confirm that LASIK surgery is generally safer
with IntraLase and vision is usually better.
One prospective randomized study, for example, compared the IntraLase
laser to the leading microkeratome. In this study, more patients
achieved 20/20 vision or better in both standard and custom LASIK
surgery when the IntraLase laser was used for Step One.*
Another study 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 abrasions.**
Now, so many doctors believe in the IntraLase laser that the number
of LASIK surgery procedures that begin with IntraLase grows dramatically
each year.
Patients Support the IntraLase Laser
In a recent study, patients
showed a preference for the vision in their IntraLase treated
eye over the mechanical microkeratome treated eye 3 to 1.*
IntraLase offers patients like you the assurance that only comes
with precise laser technology. With no blades or blade-related
complications to worry about, 78% of patients, when given a choice,
chose to have Step One performed with the IntraLase laser over
a hand-held microkeratome blade.***
“I am especially impressed
with the higher percentage of patients in my practice that achieve
20/20 or better with IntraLase.”
Thomas S. Tooma, M.D.
Newport Beach, California
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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, and the Symposium of the American
Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, May 4, 2004,
San Diego, CA. |
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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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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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