INTRALASE
The Intralase FS laser introduces the new femtosecond laser technology to ophthalmology. Surgeons at Magrabi Hospitals & Centers are the only in the Middle East who have now the opportunity to offer their patients this privilege. The Intralase may make LASIK even safer and more accurate. It is used in a LASIK variation called IntraLASIK to create the corneal flap under which they reshape your eye to correct your vision. In traditional LASIK, surgeons use a blade called a Microkeratome to create the flap.
Although surgical complications during LASIK are relatively rare, when they do occur, the Microkeratome portion of the procedure is often the source of the problem. The laser's technology is distinguished by the speed of the laser pulse — in the femtosecond (one-quadrillionth of a second) range. It is used only to create the flap for IntraLASIK, and then surgeons use an Excimer laser to perform the rest of the LASIK procedure.
How IntraLASIK Works
The surgeon uses IntraLASIK computer software to guide the Intralase laser beam, which passes into the cornea and pulses a pattern of tiny overlapping spots. This pattern results in a precise cut of the cornea at a depth determined by the surgeon. As with a mechanical Microkeratome, a small section of tissue at one edge of the corneal flap is left uncut, forming a hinge that allows the surgeon to fold back the corneal flap and reshape the corneal bed with the Excimer laser as in traditional LASIK.
Benefits of Intralase could be summarized as follows:
- More accurate results.
- Wider spectrum of Refractive error degrees (higher degrees of Myopia, Hyperopia).
- People ineligible for Lasik can be eligible for IntraLASIK
- Quicker and tighter healing of the cornea.
- Quicker return to normal life (work, swimming, driving, …)
- Less complications (irritation, dry eye, …)
- Completely painless.
Intracorneal Lens (Perma Vision)
This is a procedure where lenses can be inserted under a flap in the cornea. These  lenses are called PermaVision lenses which are made of optically clear Nutrapore. The lenses will permanently reshape the outer surface of the eye to make the eye focus properly. Nutrapore material is very similar to the cornea in its ability to pass nutrients, fluids, focus, hold water, and remain clear. The similarity of Nutrapore to the cornea is what makes the PermaVision procedure possible.
Nutrapore can be precisely formed into crescent-shaped discs and rings to correct farsightedness or nearsightedness. Unlike LASIK, which corrects nearsightedness by removing tissue, the PermaVision lens is added to the eye. This makes the surgical procedure predictable, adjustable and removable should changes be needed later.
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