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Custom Laser Vision Correction
Custom laser vision correction is a new way of
performing laser treatment that produces, on average, improved vision,
particularly better night vision. The information below shows how patients
compare their night vision without glasses after wavefront custom Lasik to
their vision beforehand with glasses or contact lenses:
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Glare
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Halos
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Night Driving
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Fluctuation of Vision
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Double Vision
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Blurring of Vision
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Significantly better than glasses / contacts:
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11%
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12%
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11%
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10%
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11%
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14%
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Same as glasses/contacts:
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89%
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88%
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88%
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90%
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87%
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86%
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Significantly worse than glasses / contacts:
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0%
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0%
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1%
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0%
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2%
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0%
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Daytime vision is also, on average, better after Wavefront Lasik than
with glasses or contact lenses:
| 20/16 |
or better |
68% |
| 20/20 |
or better |
96% |
| 20/25 |
or better |
99% |
How does Custom laser vision correction do this? The eye has many minor
imperfections that are not corrected by glasses or contact lenses. These
are known as higher-order aberrations. Custom technology allows us to
correct for these imperfections, which cannot be achieved with glasses or
contact lenses. Vision after Custom laser vision correction is often
better than it was with glasses or contact lenses. Whereas many patients
treated with the Alcon Ladar6000 and Visx S4 are not able to have a Custom
treatment, all treatments with the WaveLight Allegretto laser are Custom.
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Custom
treatments adjust for additional imperfections in the vision which cannot be
corrected with glasses or contact lenses. All treatments with the WaveLight
Allegretto laser are Custom. |
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