What is IntraLASIK ?

IntraLASIK is a combination of two words : The" Intra" component denotes our use of the INTRALASE Femtosecond laser and LASIK is an abbreviated term for "Laser Assisted In situ KERATOMILEUSIS".

Conventional LASIK as practiced in most laser vision centres as a first step, uses a device called a keratome that houses a BLADE to make a flap on the cornea. The flap is lifted and the reshaping of the eye is then accomplished.

With IntraLASIK, the first step of cutting the flap is accomplished using a highly precise Laser - the INTRALASE Femtosecond Laser. This silent laser separates a layer on the cornea and converts this into a flap. The flap is lifted and the laser reshaping with the Excimer laser is accomplished as it is with Traditional Lasik and the flap is replaced. So with IntraLASIK TWO lasers are used - the IntraLASE to create the flap precisely and the other (Bausch and Lomb Z100) to reshape the cornea.

Use of the Intralase Femtosecond Laser to perform the flap creation portion of the Lasik or Intralasik procedure adds a huge margin of safety and is the principle reason for its acquisition at Centre for Sight. Some of the more serious complications from Lasik arise from flap creation - these Lasik complications just do not occur with proper use of the Intralase laser.

A further advantage of Intralasik is that with the precision of flap creation along with perfect dimensions, visual outcomes are also better than traditional blade Lasik. For improved safety, accuracy and better outcomes, CHOOSE INTRALASIK "The ALL LASER (no blades) LASIK procedure" - first performed in the UK at Centre for Sight.

Optician Magazine

Article authored by Centre for Sight medical Director, Published in Optician magazine, UK.