Custom Laser Eye SurgeryConventional Lasik eye surgery transformed ophthalmology when it became widely available to correct errors in vision. However the more advanced and accurate Custom Laser eye surgery offers patients a better chance of achieving improved sight superior to that provided by contacts or glasses. In the past, Laser eye surgery was based simply on your prescription: whether you were nearsighted, farsighted, or astigmatic, and on the degree of each. However, achieving excellent vision also depends on higher-order aberrations which can be responsible for night glare, halos, and poor quality vision.Higher order aberrations are more complicated and personalized visual imperfections that affect the crispness and clarity of your vision. The relatively new custom Lasik technology is able to be used to diagnose and also treat these visual imperfections than with conventional Laser eye surgery techniques. Custom Laser eye surgery has the same mechanical components of traditional LASIK, but is fully personalized and guided by a detailed mapping of the eye and imperfections through the Wavefront technique. Custom Laser eye surgery uses a grid pattern to make errors in vision and stores this data in computer program that will then help to guide the laser during surgery. Custom Laser eye surgery also tracks very small very fast eye movements and makes adjustments according to eye position. Custom Laser eye surgery encompasses numerous FDA-approved custom LASIK systems currently used in the United States. These computer-guided ( with specially designed software) systems dictate the custom Laser eye surgery procedure based on the Wavefront map or plotting of your eyes' specific refractive errors. Each particular custom Laser eye surgery system is unique. A patient should discuss the different systems with their doctor and the risks and benefits associated with all of them. Custom LASIK is made possible by Wavefront technology, which is used to not only diagnose vision errors, but also measure, and map out a patients eye irregularities to an amazing degree of accuracy. Custom Laser eye surgery enables custom corneal reshaping precisely to each individual patient needs. There are some risks and complications associated with custom Laser eye surgery as there is with any surgery. However, custom LASIK surgery or Wavefront Lasik has proven to be the most effective form of laser eye surgey for vision correction available today. Recent studies have shown that the superior results produced by custom LASIK eye surgery are attributed to the new advanced lasers, updated equipment, and advanced technology used for the procedure. According to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration report, several studies that compared custom LASIK eye surgery with conventional LASIK surgery showed that a slightly larger percentage of custom LASIK patients achieved 20/20 vision without glasses or contact lenses. Custom Laser eye surgery is the most advanced procedure for vision correction today with positive results and minimal complications. |