11 Type Of Laser Vision Correction Surgery, What Is Right For You?

How should I choose the type of laser vision correction surgery?

Intra Femtosecond Laser Lasik - Most Popular

IntraLASIK is a variation of LASIK using the IntraLase® FS femtosecond laser instead of a microkeratome blade to cut the corneal flap. The clinical studies show that, IntraLASIK has an improvement over traditional microkeratome procedures, which have a 1% to 3% incidence of ...

New Technique : Femtosecond Lenticule Extraction (FLEx)

FLEx is a completely new technique for laser vision correction designed for the correction of myopia. It involves using the femtosecond laser to cut a refractive lenticule in the same step as the flap creation, but it is peeled off the corneal bed, rather than being ablated and being converted into a gas with the excimer laser of the traditional LASIK Eye Surgery. In addition, the breakthrough is that the FLEX may ...

New Technique : Small-incision Femtosecond Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)

SMILE is a modification of the FLEx procedure. Unlike FLEx, SMILE requires no retractable flap. Instead of a full corneal flap to remove the intrastromal lenticule, SMILE make a small incision that only 4 - 5 mm in the mid-periphery of the cornea with laser, and the lenticule is removed through this self-sealing incision.

Mechanical Microkeratome Lasik - Give Rise Risks, Obsolete

Traditional mechanical Lasik surgery uses a metal blade called microkeratome to made the flap. The microkeratome has many moving metal parts and the blade is inserted and must oscillate freely. The flap that is reflected might have jagged edges due to these blades leading to irregular surface of the cornea. This can give rise to vision problems such as astigmatism ...

Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis (Lasek) - Upgrade From PRK, Second Popular

LASEK is an upgrade of a PRK surgery. It is a complement for peoples who are not a good candidates of LASIK Eye Surgery. Lasek is virtually the same as LASIK. The difference between the LASIK and LASEK procedures is the cutting tool used to create the epithelial flap. In LASIK, a microkeratome cutting tool or a special laser is used, in the LASEK procedure, a tool called a trephine is used ...

Photo Refractive Keratectomy (PRK, ASA) - Old Version Of Lasek, Obsolete

The PRK is the second most popular laser eye surgery in the United States, behind LASIK. During PRK laser eye surgery, the surgeon use a cool ultraviolet light beam to precisely remove ("ablate") very tiny bits of tissue from the surface of the cornea in order to reshape it. The upper surface of the cornea is actually removed and discarded. This area of the eye will regenerate after the surgery, forming a ...

Epi-K or Advanced Surface (Epi-Lasik)

It actually combines advantages from both PRK and traditional Lasik into one single procedure. Epi-Lasik is similar to Lasek, In Lasek, the epithelium is cut with a cylinder-shaped blade called a trephine and is briefly covered with an alcohol solution to loosen it from the underlying corneal tissue. During the Epi-Lasik procedure, a blunt microkeratome smoothly removes without cutting the surface layer ...

Sub-Bowman's Keratomileusis Lasik

Sub-Bowmans Keratomileusis (SBK) is a term used to describe Lasik with a very thin flap. SBK flaps are approximately 110 microns thick. It is shaping up to be the quick and painless surgery that combines the safety of PRK with the quick recovery time of Lasik surgery. The thinner SBK flap not only is ideal for those with thinner corneas, but also minimizes the risk of dry eye ...

Laser Blended Vision (Monovision)

It is a laser eye treatment which corrects short-sight in one eye and long sight in the other. It is primarily used to treat presbyopia or other age-related eye conditions which usually affect patients in their middle age. If you use glasses to read prior to LASIK Eye Surgery or you remove your glasses to read, you may need to use glasses for reading after LASIK, because LASIK does not treat the lens ...

Custom Lasik (Wavefront-guided Lasik)

The primary difference between Conventional Lasik and wavefront custom Lasik is the mapping system that guides the laser. The custom Lasik surgery uses 3-dimensional measurements of how your eye processes images to guide the laser in re-shaping the front part of the cornea. Studies indicate that 5% - 10% of patients significantly benefit from Custom Lasik treatments while other patients may benefit ...

Wavefront-optimized Lasik

It is a standard Lasik procedure performed using Wavelight's Allegretto Wave Eye-Q laser, which is four times faster than conventional excimer lasers. Wavefront-optimized Lasik contain both Conventional Lasik and Custom Wavefront-Gudede Lasik, it aims to correct refractive errors while maintaining the natural shape of the cornea to prevent inducing higher-order aberrations during the vision correction ...

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