IntraLase (IntraLASIK) Laser Eye Surgery – Also known as Intra-Lase, this is a new laser procedure that uses femtosecond laser to cut the LASIK corneal flap. Traditional LASIK treatments make use of a mechanical device with a blade to produce the flap. This ‘bladeless’ procedure can produce a flap that is cleaner, thinner, more accurate and more precise in depth.

There are considerable advances in the laser technology every year but the introduction of Intra-LASIK is a huge leap indeed. A lot of serious complications that previous techniques sometimes induced in some of the patients (such as the problems caused by the creation of the flap using a manual blade) can now be eliminated with the new bladeless technology.

Benefits of IntraLase Femtosecond Flaps

The outstanding results that this has brought have also boosted the confidence of both patients and surgeons and this proves the method to be a lot safer than the previous ones. The good news is that all suitable prescriptions can now be treated with the new Intra-LASIK laser procedure so the number of patients whose problems can be solved is also increasing.

Why have the IntraLase Femtosecond procedure with us?

If you are concerned about the costs, you should know that the procedure will not require much extra money compared to the traditional laser method. And the vision will be highly improved, even better than it would with the help of glasses.

For safety reasons, many surgeons have turned to the Epi-LASIK procedure (which treats the surface of the eye) for minor corrections to avoid any risks of complications. There is also a customized procedure that combines Intra-Lase and Wavefront to improve the sharpness of vision.

Being a mechanical instrument with not so precise measurements, the blade can leave, and usually does, imperfections in the eye surface. The intra-Lase is thus more precise and almost distortion free. Besides, the trackers on the laser can video the image of your iris about 200 times per second so it can follow each and every movement of your eye precisely. That is why the results brought about by this procedure are far better than those obtained by any other method.

Another well-known benefit of the Intra-Lase procedure is that it can cut the flap very close to the surface of the cornea; thus more tissue below the flap remains untouched. The cut will be much cleaner and better in terms of sterility, thus the risk for infection is much diminished if not eliminated.