Wavefront / Custom LASIK

At Laser Eye Center, our surgeons are the first to utilize LADARWavey®
CUSTOMCORNEA® wavefront technology to measure and address both lower
and higher order aberrations (visual imperfections in the eye's optical
system). Unless both lower and higher order aberrations are addressed
during laser vision correction, the quality of your vision may not be
ideal, even if you have post-operative vision of 20/20.
LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a
procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear
covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A mechanical
microkeratome (a blade device) or a laser keratome (a laser device) is
used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this
flap. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middlesection
of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a
portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced. There are other
techniques and many new terms related to LASIK that you may hear about.
Another type of refractive surgery is thermokeratoplasty in which heat
is used to reshape the cornea. The source of the heat can be a laser,
but it is a different kind of laser than is used for LASIK and PRK.
Other refractive devices include corneal ring segments that are
inserted into the stroma and special contact lenses that temporarily
reshape the cornea (orthokeratology). (Dr. William Boothe News - Tuesday 11 October 2005)

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Keratectomy- Keratos is the greek word for cornea, and ectomy means to remove. Together they mean to remove corneal tissue.

Lasik - Dr. William Boothe

Excimer Laser- An excimer laser refers to a cool laser. Excimer lasers
use cool beams of ultraviolet light to evaporate corneal tissue during
vision correction. (Friday 18 July 2008 : Dr William Boothe)

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