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Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK). The doctor uses a microkeratome to create a corneal flap. The cool laser beam then gently reshapes the cornea, and the flap is closed. LASIK is an extremely effective outpatient procedure that is suitable for higher prescriptions. It can be used to correct even the most severe 1% of prescriptions, and has generated significant excitement in the eye care community around the world.
LASIK dramatically reduces your recovery time (versus ASA) and decreases the chance of many of the procedural risks (compared to ALK). The procedure itself takes only a few minutes to complete and involves minimal discomfort. LASIK requires more technical skill and training than other laser procedures. Dr. Patrick McGraw and Dr. Harvey Reiser have performed thousands of LASIK procedures with impressive results.
With both ASA and LASIK, the greater your prescription, the longer your procedure takes. Even the most severe prescriptions require only about one minute of laser time and utilize only a topical anesthetic in the form of eye drops. Although no procedure is perfect, excimer laser technology allows for an unparalleled degree of precision and predictability. This makes Laser Vision Correction, in our opinion, the best procedure available for suitable candidates. Each pulse of the laser can remove 39 millionths of an inch of tissue in 12 billionths of a second. This enables doctors to achieve remarkable accuracy while maintaining excellent control throughout the procedure.
While we can never promise patients “perfect” or 20/20 vision, most laser patients do achieve 20/20 vision. In fact, 98% of our typical nearsighted patients achieve vision within two or three lines of 20/20 vision on the eye chart after one or more procedures. This means that they can drive legally, play sports, join the police or the fire departments, all without depending on glasses or contact lenses. With these remarkable results and an exceptional safety record, Laser Vision Correction is the procedure of choice for most suitable candidates.
The success of your laser procedure is dependent not only on the expertise of your doctors, but also on the safety, accuracy, and sophistication of the equipment used. Our primary objective is to provide you with the most advanced technology available to achieve the best results in the safest way. Automated equipment is used to test your vision, measure the degree of your visual problem, and create a map of the surface of your eye. Over 6,000 separate points on the eye are measured. The information from your eye exam is used to program the state-of-the-art computer software which calculates the required corneal change and then helps the laser make this change. Dr. McGraw and Dr. Reiser program and operate the laser, maintaining control throughout your procedure.
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