California Lasik Eye Surgery : Blade-Free IntraLase Lasik Adopted By U.S. Military




IntraLase Lasik, also known as the blade-free LASIK, has now been used by the U.S. Department Of Defense. IntraLase Corp. announced recently that it has won a 5 year contract with the Defense Logistics Agency where all branches of the military will use the IntraLase Vision Correction Method.

The Federal Agency said it will use the IntraLase method for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. This remarkable endorsement, having came through after a process of clinicial studies, further confirms the advantages of blade-free IntraLase LASIK.

The IntraLase FS laser is an all-laser, blade-free LASIK procedure that the company says can provide better visual outcomes than rival procedures. More than 1 million LASIK procedures using the IntraLase method have been performed to date.

With IntraLase, the first part of the LASIK surgery, the creation of the flap, is no longer done manually but with a highly predictable, computer-aided laser beam. Moreover, many studies have shown that patients see better after IntraLase LASIK.

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    • California Lasik Eye Surgery : Are Both LASIK And LASEK Safe And Effective?




    Which is better? LASIK or LASEK? You might be wondering while you decide to take up either of the vision correction surgery.

    A new study has shown that both LASIK and LASEK are safe and effective. The results that vision correction surgery patients will get from both LASIK or LASEK are good. Both surgeries utilise lasers to cut flaps in the cornea to correct its shape.

    LASEK, however, cuts only the outside surface of the cornea. This allows it to avoid the flap problems that can come with the deeper cut made during LASIK. Nevertheless, LASEK recovery can be longer and there may be more pain after the surgery.

    Researcher Dimitri Azar, M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, after comparing 122 eyes treated with LASEK and 122 eyes treated with LASIK, says that both surgeries seem safe, effective and predictable.

    However, eyes treated with LASEK does end up having slightly better vision. But the difference was too small for patients to notice.

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