Why did we stop using conventional LASIK?

Our decision here at Eye Clinic, the most modern ophthalmological center in Greece, to stop performing surgery using the conventional LASIK procedure is part of the very high quality services offered to all our patients, in order to achieve the most modern and optimal restoration of eyesight problems.

The classic LASIK technique includes, as part of the procedure, the creation of the flap with the use of a mechanical microkeratome with a blade. Despite the acknowledged safety of the traditional LASIK procedure, it cannot be compared to the precision of the new generation of LASIK with the use of femtosecond laser which provides:

Better precision
Amplified predictability
Increased safety
Full control to the surgeon
The infrared femtosecond laser beam focuses, under the computer's control, on exactly the points chosen by the surgeon for the creation of the flap under the surface of the cornea.

ALL LASER LASER! 

With the new Femtosecond laser technology, the surgeon is able to exclusively use laser during all the stages of the surgery, even the first stage, so that the LASIK procedure can be completed without the need to apply a “scalpel” in any of the stages. Its name is derived from the number of pulses per second in which this particular laser operates.

With the new Femtosecond laser technology, the surgeon is able to exclusively use laser during all the stages of the surgery, even the first stage, so that the LASIK procedure can be completed without the need to apply a “scalpel” in any of the stages. Its name is derived from the number of pulses per second in which this particular laser operates.

Photodisruption is visible in the form of a bubble, which, in the end, is the force with which the femtosecond laser cuts the tissues. Subsequently, the doctor creates the flap by lifting the tissue of the cornea towards the back, at the point where the bubbles have been formed due to the light pulses. The creation of the flap lasts merely 15 seconds. That is the time when the surgeon can move on to the second stage of the procedure, that is the full correction of the refraction and the restoration of vision.

Conventional LASIK: The microkeratome consists of a mechanically driven blade that cuts the cornea, which has been previously flattened, and creates the necessary flap for the LASIK

Femtosecond Laser LASIK: The femtosecond laser uses extremely small pulses in the non-visible light spectrum to separate the layers of the cornea. It is designed to create preselected flaps with precision and safety, but without pain.

DECISIVE ADVANTAGES: 

The advantages of femtosecond laser compared to the mechanical microkeratome can mainly be found in the precision in the creation of the flap. The size, shape and thickness of the flap are very important in laser refractive surgeries.
Even more important is the conviction of most eye surgeons that a certain thickness in the cornea must remain and be kept intact. Using the mechanical microkeratome, guided by the surgeon, the precision and repeatability of the results were difficult to predict, while, on the other hand, using the femtosecond laser means that all parameters are pre-programmed before the beginning of the procedure and the precision of the results is therefore guaranteed.
Thanks to the extremely high frequency in which the laser operates, the layers of the cornea are separated with precision because only a very thin flap is created. This way, Femto-LASIK is effective even in patients that were not eligible for laser surgery. This includes patients with very high degrees of myopia, or thin cornea..
The new FS200 femtosecond laser is what renders the excimer and the femtosecond laser capable of communicating, thus saving time in surgery by eliminating calculation and data input errors and improving the results of the refractive laser, among other advantages.
It offers thousands of impressive advantages,, mainly the ability to perform a series of corneal incisions, to choose the diameter, shape, thickness, depth, and angle, as well as to locate corneal flaps.
Never in the past did refractive surgery offer so much safety, precision and comfortto the patient, as with Femto-LASIK.
Fewer side-effects: Femto-LASIK allows the surgeon to enlarge the therapy zone, thus decreasing the danger of adverse side-effects, such as dry eyes, diminished night vision, or halos (light rings that surround point light sources).
Fast results: Eyesight recovery time is significantly shorter in relation to other techniques. Patients can usually see with ease within a few hours.

There is no doubt that femtosecond lasers seem to be the crown of LASIK surgeries worldwide and Eye Clinic is proven to be the center that offers complete reliability when it comes to using new technologies..

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