LASIK and PRK
Refractive Lens Exchange
Monovision
VISX Advanced CustomVue Procedure
Driven by VISX Wavescan™ technology, this procedure provides unprecedented levels of accuracy and precision during your treatment. The technology allows physicians to customize the treatment according to the unique characteristics of each patients’ eye, unlike traditional methods which base the treatment on prescription information similar to that used for glasses and contacts.
The Advanced CustomVue procedure is used for patients with myopia, hyperopia and all forms of astigmatism. The approvals for this procedure are based on multi-center studies that confirmed safety and efficacy of the CustomVue procedure.
Only the VISX Advanced CustomVue procedure measures and utilizes 240 data points on your cornea (Fourier analysis) to capture and treat all the imperfections of your eyes’ optical system versus other lasers such as the Bausch and Lomb which collect only 28 data points (Zernicke analysis). The benefits of having more data points analyzed results in greater accuracy of information collected during diagnosis and treatment, therefore potentially providing you with a better outcome.
Iris Registration (IR) was approved in 2005 and is the first fully automated method of aligning and registering wavefront corrections during the Advanced CustomVue procedure. It reduces the impact of rotational movement that occurs when you lay down as well as pupil center movement that occurs when your pupil constricts under operating lights. Reducing these two factors provides for more precise treatment placement and centering. Better alignment and centering allows for better results.
The VISX Star S4 IR laser is the ONLY laser that can re-register your iris if you move during surgery after the flap has been made. This is a critical advantage of the VISX technology and a major safety benefit to you. Iris Registration provides greater alignment accuracy with this sub-flap iris imaging and it enables the physician to instantly re-register in the event of intra-operative movement.
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