The Voices of Experience

Read what your peers think about blade-free IntraLase^® technology

The Precision of IntraLase

“IntraLase may provide the perfect combination of benefits we’ve been waiting for—thin flaps that heal with biomechanical strength similar to PRK and the quick visual recovery of LASIK.”

—Elizabeth A. Davis, MD, FACS
Minnesota Eye Consultants, PA

“…it was the safety and predictability that made it a clear choice. IntraLase is the logical next step in refractive surgery.”

—Thomas Cowden, MD
Grand Rapids Ophthalmology

 “With IntraLase, you can see exactly what you are going to get—you see the cornea on the screen, you design the flap, and you control the diameter to a tenth of a millimeter; whereas creating a flap with a microkeratome is essentially a blind procedure.”

—Elizabeth A. Davis, MD, FACS
Minnesota Eye Consultants, PA

Transform the LASIK Experience

“After 25,000 keratome cases in 10 years, we have now done 10,000 IntraLase eyes since 2001. The advanced IntraLase technology gives our patients the consistent corneal caps they need. We no longer offer the metal blade. IntraLase is the way we do LASIK at Saddleback Eye Center.”

—Charles C. Manger III, MD
Laguna Hills, California

 “It makes LASIK fun again.”

—Roger F. Steinert, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Cornea, Refractive and Cataract Surgery
University of California, Irvine

IntraLase Is Safer Than a Microkeratome

“IntraLase is a safer device than a microkeratome... it virtually eliminates site-specific complications that are associated with using a blade. Day one, most of my patients see 20/15 or 20/20.”

—Thomas S. Tooma, MD
Medical Director
TLC Laser Eye Centers of California

Patients Recognize the Benefits of IntraLase

“As more referring optometrists learn about the benefits of IntraLase and pass this information on to their patients, more patients come to us requesting it.”

—Elizabeth A. Davis, MD, FACS
Minnesota Eye Consultants, PA

“Even with all of the information available to consumers today about LASIK, patients continue to be surprised to learn that, traditionally, there is a blade involved in the procedure. Patients are so relieved to hear about the safety and results provided by the IntraLase Method; it is no wonder that 100 percent of the LASIK procedures I perform are blade free.”

—Daniel S. Durrie
Durrie Vision

“The biggest surprise for me was that patients easily recognize how good IntraLase technology is.”

—Douglas A. Katsev, MD
Sansum - Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic

*Only the IntraLase FS laser can be used to perform the IntraLase Method.