Archives for: February 14th, 2011
A LASIK Eye Surgeon’s Valentine’s Day
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Mon 02/14/2011
Medicine is a rapidly changing field. LASIK eye surgery has changed a lot since I was first trained in this technique 13 years ago. Back then, LASIK flaps were all made with bladed instruments either on gears or rails and surgeons had to be adept at centering the laser on a moving pupil with a… Read More »
The LASIK Flap
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Mon 02/07/2011
The first step of the LASIK procedure is to create a “flap”. The flap can be created by several different instruments including a microkeratome which is an instrument with a blade to cut a thin sheet of the cornea or a femtosecond laser which creates a flap through photodisruption and tissue separation. The creation of… Read More »
The Evolution of LASIK
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 01/23/2011
Like many medical procedures, LASIK eye surgery has evolved and improved with time. Many patients are surprised to find out just how long LASIK has been around. In 1949 a Columbian ophthalmologist by the name Barraquer performed a corneal procedure to correct refractive error termed automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK). ALK involved the use of a… Read More »
The McDonald’s Approach to Vision Correction.
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sat 01/08/2011
Perhaps you’ve seen the LASIK only centers advertising proudly an incredibly high number of LASIK procedures. They triumphantly exalt the thousands and thousands of LASIK procedures they have performed as though this should be a source of pride much like the McDonald’s restaurants that boast of the billions of burgers served. But doesn’t this expose… Read More »
Are You Guilty of LASIK Stereotyping?
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Mon 01/03/2011
LASIK refers to a group of diverse procedures that involves reshaping the cornea under a flap. Over the years, LASIK has evolved with the introduction of many advances in instrumentation and techniques that have made vision correction safer and more successful. Now we can offer conventional LASIK but also Z-LASIK, CustomVue wavefront-guided LASIK , and… Read More »
What Matters is Results – Lasik & iLASIK
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Tue 12/07/2010
The prospective LASIK patient may be confused about what to ask about before choosing a Refractive surgeon. Most commonly, they make the assumption that LASIK is LASIK, that all technology and providers are more or less equivalent . They then set about choosing their LASIK provider by calling various offices asking about price. Often the… Read More »
Facts are a Difficult Thing to Explain Away
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Thu 09/23/2010
Competitors may make assertions that are opinions eg “we have the best or most precise technology etc.” Our claims are fact-based with clinical studies to back them up. There are less expensive ways to perform LASIK using similar technology but clinical studies prove: The IntraLase laser is the safest way to make the flap (See… Read More »
Does the Type of “Blade-Free” LASIK Really Matter?
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 08/08/2010
In the United States there are two main manufacurers of lasers to create LASIK flaps. Consumers may recognize the terms “iLASIK” and “Z-LASIK” as descriptors of a blade-free LASIK procedure and wonder what the difference is. Both lasers boast improvements in flap thickness precision but only the IntraLase has certain safety features that prevent certain… Read More »
You Can Get a Cheaper LASIK, but You Can’t Get a Better LASIK than iLASIK
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 07/18/2010
Over the years, the LASIK procedure has evolved to become better and safer. The LASIK procedure still consists of two main steps: 1. creating a flap and 2. reshaping the cornea under the flap. The ultimate in safety and results in LASIK is iLASIK which is the culmination of improvements in both steps. In the… Read More »
IntraLase Gives You a “Do-Over”
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Mon 07/05/2010
Wouldn’t it be great if everytime things didn’t go exactly right you got a “do-over”. How much higher would your grade point average be if you had an opportunity to take that test over that you didn’t study properly for? How much better would your golf score be if you got to take over that… Read More »
