We are proud to offer the latest advancements in LASIK eye surgery, such as Wavefront™ LASIK and IntraLase® bladeless LASIK to our patients in the Bayside and Queens area. These new techniques allow for increased precision during vision correction, providing you with superior postoperative results.
The FDA has just approved amazing CustomVue™ technology by VISX® for use in Wavefront™ LASIK surgery, offered at our Bayside practice in Queens. During clinical trials, Wavefront™ LASIK was able to help 27 percent of the treated patients achieve incredible uncorrected visual acuity of 20/12.5 or better with 74 percent of patients achieving 20/16. About 90 percent of patients treated in the trials achieved 20/20 vision or better at six months. There was also a marked decrease in glare and improvement in night vision in the majority of these patients, compared to those who underwent traditional LASIK.
LASIK has been one of the safest and most successful surgical procedures in our practice, with 100 percent of our patients being able to drive without the use of corrective lenses, compared to the national average, which approaches 96 percent. The remaining four percent of the national LASIK patient population can experience glare, loss of some contrast sensitivity or even a loss of one or two lines of best correctable visual acuity (BCVA). The reason for these less than spectacular results in a small percentage of patients nationwide has been the result of so called "high order aberrations." The new CustomVue™ Wavefront™ LASIK technology that we proudly offer to our patients has greatly reduced these high order aberrations, which were induced by conventional LASIK. This reduction in high order aberration can also reduce nighttime vision problems.
The procedure for Wavefront™ LASIK at our practice in the Bayside area of Queens is very similar to the procedure used for conventional LASIK. The difference with Wavefront™ LASIK is that before surgery, the machine’s Waveprint™ technology takes an extremely precise measurement of your refractive error to ensure that your vision is treated properly. To complete the procedure, a special program is loaded into the VISX® Star S4 laser which uses intricate, variable laser spots to eliminate unwanted optical defects that could never before be addressed. The entire Wavefront™ LASIK procedure takes less than five minutes per eye. Learn about our LASIK refractive surgery process.
Contact Dr. Barry Drucker today for more information about Wavefront™ LASIK at our practice in Bayside, Queens
Dr. Drucker now offers the ultimate in advanced LASIK technology - IntraLase® bladeless LASIK - to the Bayside and Queens area. IntraLase® bladeless LASIK surgery is completed without traditional blade cutting of the corneal flap. While the standard method of flap production has been reliable and quite safe, the use of the IntraLase® laser gives our surgeons the ability to make a thinner, finer flap that leaves more corneal tissue for correction of higher degrees of refractive errors. Many patients who were turned down in the past due to their high degree of myopia and relatively thin corneas can now be helped. Using this method, the corneal flap can also be lifted in the direction of the nose to spare damage to corneal nerves, thereby reducing dry eye symptoms. An IntraLase® flap fits more securely back into the corneal bed due to the vertical slope of the edges. Experienced surgeons agree that this technique delivers less distortion and better vision post operatively. Contact us today for more information about IntraLase® bladeless LASIK in Queens, Bayside.
Learn more about LASIK refractive surgery on our informational patient education page!
Contact us today for a no obligation consultation to find out if traditional LASIK, Wavefront™ LASIK, or IntraLase® bladeless LASIK at our practice in Bayside, Queens is right for you.
Dr. Barry L. Drucker, F.A.C.S.
212-45 26th Ave. Suite #9
Bayside, NY 11360
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