Atlanta LASIK Specialist

The IntraLase Method™

The Atlanta Vision Institute is proud to introduce the Intralase laser to our practice. We strive to have cutting edge technology available to our patients. This IntraLase Method will allow our patients to have the LASIK procedure with increased safety and better vision as compared to a mechanical (metal blade) microkeratome.

Making LASIK Better

IntraLase creates a flap of precise size, shape and depth. To achieve such precision, Dr. Ashraf uses the laser to rapidly separate micro-thin layers of the cornea as he creates a self-sealing flap. It is all a part of an efficient process that helps to assure you that Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be accurate, safe and a first step towards giving you the best LASIK result possible.

Physicians Support the INTRALASE^® Laser

Dr. Ashraf and other leading doctors believe in the IntraLase laser. They use it for Step One in both standard and custom LASIK eye surgery because clinical studies confirm that LASIK surgery is generally safer with IntraLase and vision is usually better.

One prospective randomized study, for example, compared the IntraLase laser to the leading microkeratome. In this study, more patients achieved 20/20 vision or better in both standard and custom LASIK surgery when the IntraLase laser was used for Step One.*

Another study comparing LASIK results with IntraLase versus the two leading microkeratomes demonstrated that IntraLase performed better in three areas important to LASIK results and safety-flap thickness, induced astigmatism and abrasions.**

Now, so many doctors believe in the IntraLase laser that the number of LASIK surgery procedures that begin with IntraLase grows dramatically each year.

Patients Support the IntraLase Laser

IntraLase offers patients at the Atlanta Vision Institute the assurance that only comes with this precise laser technology. With no blades or blade-related complications to worry about, 78% of patients, when given a choice, chose to have Step One performed with the IntraLase laser over a hand-held microkeratome blade.***

FAQ

1. Why IntraLase?

LASIK (Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) has proven to be a very successful procedure, freeing millions of the daily dependence on glasses and contact lenses. Yet, while LASIK complications are rare, all surgery carries some degree of risk. Now, advances in laser technology have made it possible to significantly reduce the majority of LASIK complications. This advancement is known as IntraLase.

IntraLase is the first blade-free laser technology for performing the critical first step in the LASIK procedure: creating the corneal flap. Prior to IntraLase, this first step was done manually using a hand-held device with an oscillating metal razor blade, called a microkeratome.

IntraLase virtually eliminates the severe sight threatening complications seen with the microkeratome, improving safety and precision while providing predictably better visual results for the patient. IntraLase is the most sophisticated and accurate technology for corneal flap creation available today and has given many patients greater confidence and assurance in choosing laser vision correction.

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IntraLase delivers better results than the leading microkeratome in standard LASIK*:

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IntraLase delivers better results than the leading microkeratome in custom LASIK*:

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IntraLase delivers better results in standard LASIK than the leading microkeratome delivers in custom LASIK*:

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78% of patients, when given a choice, chose to have Step One performed with the IntraLase laser over a hand-held metal microkeratome.***

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And in a different study, patients who had a preference preferred the vision in their IntraLase treated eye over the mechanical microkeratome treated eye 3 to 1.*

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