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Custom LASIK uses a diagnostic device to map the visual system of the eye, including the tiny distortions and imperfections naturally present in all eyes. The technology employed is based upon mathematical techniques used to improve the performance and image quality of deep space telescopes, and it produces a unique map of your eye that serves as a fingerprint of your vision. The computer in the excimer laser uses this map, which provides extremely precise and detailed information about your vision, to generate a wavefront customized treatment appropriate for your eye. With Custom LASIK patients often achieve vision that is even better than the vision they had with their glasses or contact lenses before surgery.
Results of a published FDA clinical trial demonstrated that 94% of patients treated with Custom LASIK were able to see 20/20 or better without glasses. Four times as many people in the trial were very satisfied with their night vision after Custom LASIK than were very satisfied with their night vision with glasses or contacts before surgery. These results are superior to those obtained with standard laser correction, and the dramatic improvement in night vision may be the greatest single advantage of Custom laser correction. Custom correction can be applied to both LASIK and PRK treatment.
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