Our Long Island LASIK Eye Surgery Center Uses the Finest Equipment

To provide our patients from Long Island and beyond with outstanding LASIK, refractive eye surgery requires not only exceptional surgical skills, but also the best equipment available. At North Shore Eye Care, we use truly state-of-the-artmade by the recognized leaders in the industry to provide the safest LASIK possible.

IntraLase® Technology

The IntraLase® bladeless LASIK system has revolutionized laser eye surgery. Many doctors feel that the computer-controlled IntraLase® is superior to a microkeratome, because of the greater accuracy and consistency provided by the collaboration of computer and laser equipment. Creating the corneal flap is the first and most crucial step in the LASIK procedure. With the microkeratome, even a skilled doctor can not always prevent a corneal flap from being only partially formed or thinner in the middle, increasing the risk for LASIK complications. The IntraLase® system allows North Shore Eye Care to pre-program the exact dimensions of your corneal flap into a computer, ensuring that it is uniform in thickness and angle.

During the procedure, our doctors use computer software to direct the IntraLase® laser, which creates a layer of microscopic bubbles in the central layer of the cornea. The speed of the laser, which pulses every one-quadrillionth of a second, allows it to target the tissue without any sensation of heat or pain for the patient. The depth and diameter of these bubbles is predetermined and programmed into a computer, eliminating many of the potential inconsistencies of the less predictable microkeratome. Your doctor then gently folds back the flap and uses the VISX Star S4T Excimer Laser to improve the shape of the cornea.

Microkeratomes

The first step in LASIK surgery is to create a flap in the outer layer of the cornea. This allows the surgeon to access the thickest part of the cornea, the stroma, from which material is removed to reshape the cornea and correct the refractive error.

In the past, the device used to create the corneal flap was known as a microkeratome. At its most basic, it is a surgical blade used to create the three-sided corneal flap. The modern microkeratome is a computer-guided surgical machine that stabilizes the eye and ensures that this all-important cut is done with extreme precision and safety. At North Shore Eye, the microkeratome has been largely replaced by the IntraLase® bladeless system.

VISX Star S4™ Excimer Laser

After preparing the corneal flap, the work of reshaping the stroma is done with an excimer laser, which uses concentrated ultraviolet light to vaporize the minute amounts of tissue needed to correct for refractive error. The laser eye surgeons at our Long Island LASIK refractive eye surgery center use the VISX Star S4™ Laser. Computer guided by the precise measurements of the VISX CustomVue™ WaveScan Wavefront® System, the Star S4™ allows our surgeons to perform LASIK at an extraordinary level of precision and safety.

The Star S4™ has an adjustable width laser beam, ensuring the most precise results possible and eliminating the unnecessary removal of tissue that occurs with non-adjustable beam laser.

The Star S4™ also uses 3D ActiveTrak® technology, which keeps the laser beam firmly fixed on the target tissue, regardless of involuntary eye movement. This allows surgery with undilated pupils, eliminating the need to make adjustments for abnormally expanded pupils.

A cornea reshaped with the Star S4™ by the laser eye surgeons at our Long Island practice is exceptionally smooth, which promotes rapid healing with minimal risk of complications.

To learn about the advantages of the latest technology, contact our LASIK surgery practice in Smithtown, Long Island today.