IntraLase
To ensure that LASIK surgery is as safe as possible for our patients, we utilize IntraLase at our Boston – based practice. IntraLase is a technology that is used in the first step of LASIK: creating a flap in the cornea. Traditionally, surgeons used a hand-held metal blade called a microkeratome to make this flap. However, using a blade was somewhat unpredictable and resulted in many LASIK-related complications. Rather than using a blade, IntraLase makes a flap in the cornea with a silent, computer-guided laser. Utilizing IntraLase at our Boston–based center helps make LASIK surgery safer because is gives our surgeons more control during the procedure, allowing for more predictable results. With IntraLase, even patients who didn’t qualify for LASIK in the past, such as those with thin corneas, may now be able to undergo the surgery.
LADARWave® Custom Cornea® Wavefront System
Conventional vision correction methods such as LASIK, PRK, and LASEK have proven to be effective at treating common refractive errors. However, these surgeries do not address vision problems called higher order aberrations. Higher order aberrations affect vision quality and are widely believed to cause common night vision problems, such as glare and halos. To analyze your higher order aberrations before performing surgery, we use the LADARWave® Custom Cornea® Wavefront System at our Boston practice.
The LADARWave ® Custom Cornea® system works by sending low-energy laser light into your eye. The light reflects off the retina and back through your lens and cornea, providing a valuable “wavefront map” of your eye. The information contained in this map is used to customize your LADARVision® treatment, resulting in clear, undistorted vision.
If you are interested in receiving custom treatment with the LADARWave® Custom Cornea® Wavefront system, contact our Boston practice today.
LADARVision®
For highly customized vision treatment, our center uses the advanced LADARVision® excimer laser system. LADARVision® is unique because it combines an FDA-approved laser radar eye tracker and an advanced small spot laser beam. These features were designed to improve the accuracy of corneal shaping.
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LADARVision® Eye Tracking Device
Even when we attempt to keep them still, our eyes are constantly moving, sometimes as much as 100 times per second. This poses a challenge in laser eye surgery, where surgeons must be extremely precise about what tissue they remove or reshape. To deal with the small, rapid movements that our eyes make, laser eye surgeons have come to rely on eye tracking devices. A tracking device compensates for eye movements, so that a laser beam will be directed at the correct spot on the cornea. However, not all laser systems are created equal in terms of tracking devices. Some systems lack tracking devices altogether and others have devices that are not fast enough to keep up with the eye’s rapid movements.
The LADARVision® Eye Tracking device is truly revolutionary, offering unparalleled accuracy. The device tracks eye movement 4,000 times per second, 30 times faster than any other system. This allows patients to feel even more confident about undergoing vision correction surgery.
LADARVision® Small Spot Laser Beam
In addition to having a high-quality tracking device, it is important that the laser used for your eye surgery can provide the precision necessary to give you optimal results. At our practice, we are pleased to utilize the LADARVision® small spot laser beam. This advanced laser is less than one millimeter wide, allowing it to remove corneal tissue that is smaller than the width of a human hair. Because the width of the laser beam is so small, the surgeons at our Boston, Wellesley, and Leominster locations are able to offer patients vision correction that is completely customized to their individual needs.
For more information about LADARVision®, the LADARWave® Custom Cornea® Wavefront System, or Intralase technology, please contact our Boston practice today.
