Intralase

LASIK Flap Creation Methods

Intralase^®
A laser device which uses light energy to very precisely create the LASIK flap.

Microkeratome
A mechanical device which uses a rapidly oscillating blade to cut a thin corneal flap.

Advantages to Intralase^® LASIK Flap Creation

• Safer, more predictable flap creation — less chance of complications in creation of flap; i.e., buttonholes, incomplete flaps, free flaps.
• Potentially more secure flap post-operatively — less susceptible to problems post-operatively.^*

*Only LASIK with Intralase is permitted on US Air Force pilots, US Navy aviators, as well as NASA astronauts.