Bladeless Lasik Surgery
Are you interested in vision correction surgery but are fearful of having a bladed surgical instrument near your eye? If so, then bladeless LASIK may be the solution you are looking for.
In bladeless LASIK — also called blade-free LASIK, all-laser LASIK, or femto LASIK — your LASIK surgeon uses two types of lasers for the vision correction procedure.
First, an ultra-fast femtosecond laser
is used to create a thin flap in the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye. Next, an excimer laser
is used to reshape the underlying corneal tissue to correct your vision. The flap is then returned to its original position.
The femtosecond laser eliminates the need for a bladed surgical tool (called a microkeratome
) to create the corneal flap. No surgical blade of any kind is needed in all-laser LASIK.
Generally, anyone who qualifies for LASIK surgery is a good candidate for bladeless LASIK. Also, some studies have suggested that all-laser LASIK may decrease the risk of certain LASIK complications associated with the use of a microkeratome.
