IntraLase®
Gimbel Eye Centre is proud to announce our recent acquisition of the IntraLase® Femtosecond (FS) laser - the latest technology that eliminates the use of a surgical blade to create the flap for laser refractive surgery procedures.
The LASIK corneal laser refractive procedure involves a 2-step process. The first step involves exposing the deeper corneal tissue in order to prepare the eye for the second step, which reshapes the corneal tissue with an Excimer laser to improve vision. Traditionally, with LASIK, the only way to create a flap was to use a surgical blade in a keratome. With the IntraLase FS laser, we are now able to create the flap for LASIK with a laser instead of a surgical blade, which offers a number of significant advantages. One of the advantages is that the laser-created flap gives the surgeon greater control in creating flaps of more consistent and predictable thickness. This leading edge technology allows for the safer creation of much thinner flaps and for LASIK to be considered when only PRK could be recommended in some cases (i.e., due to a patient's inadequate corneal thickness).
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The IntraLase laser raster pattern zigzags the laser energy at a pre-programmed depth below the surface of the cornea to create a flap, where each pulse of the laser forms a microscopic bubble of carbon dioxide and water vapour. |
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| For reasons of safety and improved quality of vision, Gimbel Eye Centre surgeons choose IntraLase as their preferred method of flap creation for patients who are suitable candidates for LASIK and who prefer LASIK over other refractive procedure options. | ||
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Gimbel Eye Centre began using this all-laser LASIK procedure, also known as IntraLASIK,
July 2005. We will still have the traditional keratome technology available. If you wish to take advantage of the new bladeless IntraLase technology, please feel free to call us. We will be happy to discuss this option with you.
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