Customized (Wave Front Guided) Lasik
This represents a further step forward in enhancing the precision of laser refractive surgery. Spectacles, contact lenses and conventional lasik correct only sphero - cylindrical refractive errors. The human eye is known to suffer from numerous, minute optical imperfections, other than sphero-cylindrical refractive errors. These additional imperfections are measured by an instrument called an aberrometer and incorporated into the treatment procedure. Thus, the 'wavefront - guided' treatment becomes a 'customized or 'tailor-made' approach that refines the procedure to correct not only the refractive error but also the other aberrations of the individual eye.
Normal Wavefront Aberrated Wavefront
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Advantages
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Lack of discomfort
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Faster rehabilitation |
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Greater stability |
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Improves retinal image resolution |
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Improves contrast |
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Results in super vision |
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Provides additional data about eye's imperfections |
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