Bausch & Lomb

At the Laser Center, we use Bausch & Lomb Zyoptix™ system, the world's only fully integrated technology to personalize laser vision correction using wavefront and topography. The Zyoptix™ system has been used in more than 150,000 procedures worldwide and in the U.S. clinical trial, no patients reported any dissatisfaction. This provides our patients the confidence that they are getting the best.

The doctors of the Laser Center at Florida Eye Clinic are the most experienced refractive surgeons in Central Florida, having performed more than 40,000 vision correction procedures. This trusted experience, along with the advanced Zyoptix™ system, makes The Laser Center at Florida Eye Clinic your premier choice for LASIK laser vision correction.

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About Intralase

There are two important steps to LASIK eye surgery. In Step One, your doctor creates a micro-thin flap of tissue on the outer layer of your eye, also known as the cornea. The flap is important for rapid healing, greater comfort and better vision. If it is too thick, too thin, or irregular, it could affect the quality of your vision. Although complications with LASIK surgery are rare, when they do occur, they are often associated with the use of a hand-held microkeratome blade in Step One.

IntraLase makes LASIK surgery better by replacing your doctor’s hand-held microkeratome blade with a computer-guided laser that delivers micron-level accuracy over 100 percent greater than a microkeratome.* This gives you the greater assurance you need that Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be accurate, safe and a first step towards giving you the best LASIK result possible.

In Step Two, your doctor folds open the flap so that an excimer laser can be used on the inner cornea to correct your vision. Your flap is then returned to its original position where it seals without stitches. Step One is important to faster healing, greater comfort and better vision. The INTRALASE® laser is a more precise and safer method for creating the flap in Step One and is an essential component to making both standard and custom LASIK surgeries better.

Intralase makes LASIK Safer

LASIK surgery has a long history of safely and effectively improving vision and lessening patients’ dependence on glasses and contact lenses. IntraLase, however, knew that LASIK surgery wasn’t as safe and effective as it could be. The company responded with a breakthrough technology that replaces the mechanical microkeratome with a highly precise laser that works at the molecular level to separate tissue and create a superior corneal flap.

This innovation made sense. Lasers have a long history in medicine. In fact, the excimer laser used in Step Two of LASIK surgery has brought incredible safety and precision to eye surgery. One pulse of the excimer laser removes 0.25 microns of tissue, which is almost 300 times thinner than a typical human hair.

Precision Technology for Safer LASIK Surgery

By replacing the blade commonly used in Step One with a femtosecond laser, IntraLase has made LASIK eye surgery safer than ever before. IntraLase delivers micron-level accuracy 100 percent greater than a microkeratome for more accurate and consistent flap thickness, factors critical for a successful LASIK outcome.

Making LASIK Better

IntraLase creates a flap of precise size, shape and depth. To achieve such precision, your doctor uses the laser to rapidly separate micro-thin layers of the cornea as he creates a self-sealing flap. It is all a part of an efficient process that helps to assure you that Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be accurate, safe and a first step towards giving you the best LASIK result possible.

Physicians Support the INTRALASE® Laser

“I have performed thousands of LASIK surgeries with the microkeratome; there was always the concern that the flap might be too thick or too thin. By switching to the IntraLase laser I have been able to create consistently higher quality flap dimension and more predictable refractive outcomes eliminating all of the risks associated with flap creation with mechanical microkeratomes. All of which has allowed me to increase my patients' satisfaction.”

Perry Binder, M.D.
San Diego, CA

Leading doctors believe in the IntraLase laser. They use it for Step One in both standard and custom LASIK eye surgery because clinical studies confirm that LASIK surgery is generally safer with IntraLase and vision is usually better.

One prospective randomized study, for example, compared the IntraLase laser to the leading microkeratome. In this study, more patients achieved 20/20 vision or better in both standard and custom LASIK surgery when the IntraLase laser was used for Step One.*

Another study comparing LASIK results with IntraLase versus the two leading microkeratomes demonstrated that IntraLase performed better in three areas important to LASIK results and safety—flap thickness, induced astigmatism and abrasions.**

Now, so many doctors believe in the IntraLase laser that the number of LASIK surgery procedures that begin with IntraLase grows dramatically each year.

Patients Support the IntraLase® Laser

IntraLase offers patients like you the assurance that only comes with precise laser technology. With no blades or blade-related complications to worry about, 78% of patients, when given a choice, chose to have Step One performed with the IntraLase laser over a hand-held microkeratome blade.***

“I am especially impressed with the higher percentage of patients in my practice that achieve 20/20 or better with IntraLase.”

Thomas S. Tooma, M.D.
Newport Beach, CA