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Advanced Laser Vision Correction
The Center For Eye Care & Surgery remains
at the forefront of the latest related technology. We
offer Custom Ablation and Wavefront Technology.
Nearly 60 million Americans suffer from nearsightedness, farsightedness,
and astigmatism. These defects are known as ‘lower-order’ aberrations,
and they are corrected with glasses, contacts, and conventional
eye surgery.
There is a second category of optical defects called ‘higher-order’ aberrations. They
represent residual irregularities in the optical structure
of the eye. Higher-Order Aberrations affect the quality
of vision, and are responsible for symptoms associated with
contrast sensitivity, night glare, halos, and other disturbances.
Actually, Wavefront technology has existed for decades, such
as in the development of special lenses for the Hubble Telescope. During
this recent adoption of Wavefront to ophthalmology, light rays
are sent through the pupil to the retina, and then are measured
upon their return after the pass through various portions of
the pupil. Distortions (or aberrations) are then identified.
With this new technology, laser vision correction can be ‘Customized’ to
potentially yield enhanced results. The results of clinical
trials using Wavefront technology to guide the laser treatment
have been outstanding so far.
Dr. Matamoros finds that patients with Wavefront-driven ablations
are happier with their quality of vision than those with standard
ablations. Perhaps the major benefit of customized ablations
with the VisX Star S4 is the improvement in night vision and
contrast sensitivity.
Our goal with Custom Ablation is to improve a patient's overall
vision quantity and quality by eliminating the lower order
aberrations of nearsightedness and astigmatism and by reducing,
or not increasing, higher order aberrations.
For more information on Personal Best Vision, click here.
 Wave
Scan is used as a diagnostic tool to enhance our abilities
to measure your eyes with an accuracy that was previously unattainable. This
is the same technology used by astrophysicists to see distant
starts. The data gathered is transmitted to the VisX
Star S4 excimer laser.
 A Wave
Print is basically a unique fingerprint of the patient’s
eye with unprecedented detail. This information can
be used diagnostically for pre-operative screening and post
surgical analysis, also as the input to create a surgical
plan to treat disorders arising from lower and higher order
treatment.
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Our refractive team also gathers topographic (contour) and
pachymetric (corneal thickness) measurements combined to offer
the surgeon an unprecedented ability to customize your treatment.
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Variable Spot Scan |
Variable Spot Scanning (VSS) is a unique feature of the VisX
Star S4 Laser System. It minimizes the amount of tissue
that is removed during surgery.
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VIDEOS
This site has sections on laser vision correction (LASIK and
similar procedures), cataracts, and glaucoma. Sections under
development include those on new technologies for managing
presbyopia, the age-related loss of the eye’s ability to focus on near
objects, and children’s vision problems and their treatment.
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