The history of laser vision correction and lasik in Smithtown New York in Long Island

Lasers have been used in eye care and ophthalmology for many years, but there was a time when lasers were not available for eye pathology. Dr. Sidney Martin, the founder of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New YOrk in Long Island, remembers a time where diabetic patients and glaucoma patients did not have the availability of lasers to treat disease. There was a time when cataract patients could not have a simple Yag Laser Capsulotomy to remover posterior capsule opacity following cataract surgery. There are currently many lasers used in eye care by eye doctors and eye surgeons both diagnostically and for treatment. The excimer laser used in lasik, ilasik, and laser vision correction first came to Long Island in 1996. This laser was uniquely suited to laser vision correction laser eye surgery because the laser pulse was precise and caused very little collateral damage or damage to eye tissues next to the point that it was aimed to correct vision. Several years laser, Intralase, a femtosecond laser, was fda approved to make flaps in ilasik or bladeless custom lasik. This is when lasik really became as good as it is today. Today, our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Lawrence Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro, do only bladeless custom lasik with Intralase to make the most precise and safest flaps and Visx Customvue to create a completely customized laser vision correction experience. The customvue platform uses a waveprint or wavemap created to a wavescan and this laser eye surgery automatically centers and tracks and uses iris registration to give the very best result possible. The committment to excellence in eye care has helped Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel to be elected "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" by Castle Connolly ltd. Castle Connolly is a medical research company that finds the top ten percent of eye doctors and eye surgeons in each region by specialty.

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