Laser Eye Surgery - Bladeless Surgery

Colorado Springs & Pueblo, CO

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Enhanced Safety Blade-Free LASIK: 4th Generation IntraLase

"Bladeless" technology has finally crossed the threshold of excellence in both successful outcomes and patient comfort. In terms of safety, reliability and outcomes, the 4th Generation Intralase FS laser has proven to be more effective than previous models, and safer than the traditional blade approach. The new model reduces the procedure time nearly in half, to about 18 seconds, which now meets our standards for safety and patient comfort."

-Britt Buckley, M.D.

Technology makes the difference!

LASIK surgery is different wherever you go! Between the diagnostic equipment used to determine your Lasik plan, the surgical technology used to perform your procedure, to the personalized care you receive throughout your experience, you demand the best! That's why we offer 100% Blade-FREE LASIK treatment using the IntraLase coupled with the VISX S4 Laser with Iris Recognition. No one else in Southern Colorado offers this important combination of technology that's backed up with our 20/20 Money Back Guarantee.

Why is 100% Blade-FREE so important to you?

Lasik involves two surgical steps: the creation of the flap, and the reshaping of the cornea. Instead of using a blade to create the flap, the Blade-FREE IntraLase method uses pulses of laser light, which is safer and more accurate than the blade. The second step involves the reshaping of your cornea with the VISX S4 Active Track laser. When the laser treatment is complete, the flap is repositioned into place.

This Blade-FREE, computer-guided technology is 100% more accurate than most of the mechanical microkeratomes (hand-held devices with a thin metal blade) that surgeons may also use to create a corneal flap. 1

IntraLase Assurance and Comfort

The 100% Blade-FREE IntraLase method has been used successfully on hundreds of thousands of eyes and we trust this advanced technology to deliver exceptional results. Our commitment is to provide you with the ultimate in comfort, safety, and outstanding vision. LASIK with Blade-FREE IntraLase can help you achieve all of this-while it delivers the added assurance of knowing you're being treated with the most advanced technology there is.

Because of the superior accuracy of the IntraLase method, certain patients who were ineligible for LASIK may now be able to have treatment. Ask your doctor today if you are a candidate.

Blade-FREE LASIK is preferred by patients 3 to 1.

In a survey of clinical practices, the vision in the IntraLase-treated eye was preferred up to 3 to 1 by patients over the vision in the mechanical blade-treated eye (among those who stated a preference). 2

LASIK performed with IntraLase delivers superior visual results.

In a clinical study comparing the IntraLase laser to the leading microkeratome, more patients achieved 20/20 vision or better in standard and custom LASIK surgery when the IntraLase method was used to create the corneal flap. 3

How the IntraLase Method Works

Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what's best for your eye. Then the IntraLase laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea-without ever cutting it. How?

  1. Ultra-fast pulses of laser light position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth determined by your doctor.
  2. The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea. Then the laser creates rows of these bubbles just beneath your corneal surface as it moves back and forth across your eye in a uniform plane.
  3. Next, the IntraLase laser stacks bubbles around your corneal diameter to create the edges of your flap. These bubbles are stacked at an angle that is determined by your doctor and is individualized to the way your eye is shaped.
  4. The process takes only about 30 seconds from start to finish - it's quiet and it's comfortable.
  5. Your doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment. When the laser treatment is complete, the flap easily "locks" back into position and rapidly begins to heal.

References:

  1. Wang M. Femtosecond technology: is now the time to buy? Refractive Eyecare for Ophthalmologists. 2003;7(5).
  2. Durrie DS: Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: Meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Calif; the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004; San Diego, Calif; Refractive Surgery 2004: International Refractive Surgery: Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004; New Orleans, La; and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; April 15-20, 2005; Washington, DC. 3. Tanzer DJ, Schallhorn SC, Brown MC. Data on file. IntraLase Corp. 2005.