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Better vision1
YES
Better safety2
YES
Highest degree of precision and predictability3
YES
Individualized flaps3
YES
Fewer retreatments4
YES
Ability to be used in more eligible patients2
YES
Patient preferred5*
YES


*In a clinical survey of LASIK patients who had their corneal flaps created using a blade in one eye and the IntraLase Method in the other, the vision in the IntraLase-treated eye was preferred 3-to-1, among those who stated a preference.5


REFERENCES:
  1. Durrie DS. Laser versus manual keratectomy. Cataract Refract Surg Today. 2004:(suppl):1-2.
  2. Will B, Kurtz RM. IntraLase is best. In: Probst LE, ed. LASIK: Advances, Controversies, and Custom. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK; 2004:397-402.
  3. Durrie DS. How IntraLase raised the bar in refractive surgery. Cataract Refract Surg Today. 2003:(suppl):1-2.
  4. Mahdavi S. IntraLase: coming of age. Cataract Refract Surg Today. 2005:117-120.
  5. Durrie DS. Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: Meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Calif; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004, San Diego, Calif; refractive Surgery 2004: International Refractive Surgery: Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004, New Orleans, La; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium, April 15-20, 2005; Washington, DC.
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