IntraLase Procedure Improves Accuracy, Safety & Outcomes

EDMONTON, Aug. 30 /CNW/ - Clearly LASIK Edmonton improves laser vision correction safety and visual outcomes with new 'bladeless' IntraLase(R) laser. The IntraLase(R) laser replaces the hand-held mechanical microkeratome (or surgical blade), traditionally used to create a corneal flap before each LASIK procedure. With the new computer-guided IntraLase laser, the surgeon can create a precisely shaped flap with unprecedented accuracy.

Dr. Joseph King of Clearly LASIK Edmonton states, "We've found patient comfort has improved with use of the IntraLase and the new blade free approach has greatly decreased patient fear. Combining IntraLase technology with CustomVue personalized LASIK has resulted in our patients rapidly seeing even clearer than they could see with glasses or contacts."

Evidence from multiple peer-reviewed papers and over 1,000,000 procedures prove that the IntraLase laser can create a safer flap than the mechanical microkeratome, and can provide more patients with better than 20/20 vision.

How The IntraLase Laser Works

The ultra-fast IntraLase FS femtosecond (fem-to-second) laser creates a corneal flap of precise depth, diameter and centration using an infrared beam. The silent beam of laser light is focused to a precise point within the stroma (central layer of the cornea) where each pulse of the laser creates a tiny 2- to 3-micron bubble of carbon dioxide and water vapour. Thousands of these microscopic bubbles are precisely positioned to define the flap's dimensions, as well as the location of the hinge. Bubbles are then stacked along the edge of the flap up to the corneal surface to complete the flap. The surgeon then lifts the flap to allow for treatment by the excimer laser. When treatment is complete, the flap is repositioned.

Clearly LASIK Edmonton is located in downtown Edmonton's Scotia Place. The center is the first in Alberta to offer CustomVue wavefront guided lasik in combination with IntraLase technology.

For further information: Dr. Joseph King, MD, FRCSC, Clearly Lasik Edmonton, (206) 850-1491 (cell), www.clearlylasik.com