When it comes to surgical treatment and care for your precious gift of sight,
don't you expect – and deserve – the best technology available? Dr. Mitchell
thinks so! In fact, he has dedicated himself and the team at Huntsville Laser
Center to bringing you only the most advanced, cutting-edge, proven-safe technology.
We combine the best in patient comfort, care, and safety with our premier
technology to offer you an eye care experience you just can't find anywhere
else. Read on to learn more about our superior vision technology!
Safety and Precision for Your Refractive Surgery:
iLASIK™-The time is RIGHT!
Many of our patients, their family and friends have been waiting for laser vision correction to become a proven procedure for correcting a wide variety of vision disorders. Thanks to the iLASIK procedure, that day is finally here! The Advanced CustomVue laser vision correction from AMO is FDA approved to potentially benefit up to 94 percent of patients eligible for laser vision correction. With the iLASIK procedure available, there’s really no reason to put off having laser vision correction. Doctors have been doing LASIK for a decade. Nearly 32 million LASIK procedures have been performed to date, making it the most common elective vision procedure in the U.S. In fact, all branches of the U.S. military and NASA recently approved LASIK for their servicemen and women thanks to studies using the iLASIK technology.
What Are The Advantages Of The iLASIK™ Procedure?
With the iLASIK procedure, your wait is over because:
- Laser Vision Correction Has Never Been Better…The iLASIK procedure is the result of a decade’s worth of technical refinement – it combines all of the latest all–laser LASIK technology in one efficient LASIK procedure. It simply doesn’t get any better, so now’s the time.
- There’s No Mystery…You’ve heard thousands of LASIK ads touting thousands of different things, but the iLASIK procedure delivers outstanding results, one integrated technology solution and one easy way to better vision.
- It’s Truly Personalized…The iLASIK procedure is truly customized just for you. Everything is based on your individual vision dynamics, so it’s all about you.
With the iLASIK procedure, your wait is over because:
Technology- Exceptional Vision Correction Technology At Every Step
When you have the iLASIK procedure, you’ll get a completely integrated, completely personalized procedure based on advanced vision correction technology at every step.
Creating Your Personal Vision Profile
The first step in the iLASIK procedure is to perform a series of tests to determine the individual characteristics of your vision, including the use of our WaveScan™ technology. The WaveScan system creates a 3-D map of the unique imperfections of your eyes. Then our Advanced CustomVue™ process uses the digital information from that map to design a custom treatment for each of your eyes.
Making The iLASIK Flap
The iLASIK procedure exclusively uses an advanced technology called the IntraLase™ Method. The IntraLase Method is a 100% blade-free approach to creating your corneal flap, the thin flap of tissue that the doctor folds back in order to perform your iLASIK procedure. The IntraLase Method also delivers outstanding visual results – more patients achieve vision that is 20/20 or better when the IntraLase Method is used. And, in a clinical survey of LASIK patients who had their corneal flaps created using a blade in one eye and the IntraLase Method in the other, the vision in the IntraLase-treated eye was preferred 3-to-1 (among those who stated a preference).
Your Laser Vision Correction
Now that you’ve had your personal vision profile using WaveScan technology and your blade-free corneal flap using the exclusive IntraLase Method, your vision can be corrected using the Advanced CustomVue treatment within the ILASIK procedure. The Advanced CustomVue process has earned FDA approval to treat the broadest range of vision imperfections possible, including mild-to-sever nearsightedness, farsightedness and all types of astigmatism. Clinical studies results‚ showed that one year after treatment:
- 100 percent of nearsighted patients and more than 95 percent of all clinical study patients could pass a driving test without glasses or contact lenses.
- 98 percent of mild-to-moderate nearsighted patients and almost three-quarters of all clinical Study patients could see 20/20 or better without glasses or contact lenses.
- Four times as many mild-to-moderately nearsighted participants were very satisfied with their night vision after treatment compared to their night vision before treatment with glasses or contacts.
- References:
- 1. Tanzer DJ. Schallhorn SC, Brown MC, et al. Data on file, IntraLase Corp. 2005
- 2. Durrie DS. Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Ca; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004; San Diego, Ca; Refractive Surgery 2004; International Refractive Surgery; Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004; New Orleans, La; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; April 15-20, 2005 Washington, DC.
- 3. Data on file. VISX Incorporated. FDA CustomVue procedure clinical trials; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Nearsighted No More!
Visian ICL™ (Implantable Contact Lens)
An Intraocular Contact Lens, or ICL, is a surgically implanted lens that works in conjunction with your eye’s natural functions to produce clearer, sharper vision.
Extensive research and development preceded the introduction of the Visian ICL™. It is now being used by more than 80,000 patients worldwide. The satisfaction rate among patients is extremely high ... above 99%! The Visian ICL™ provides excellent and stable outcomes for those with a refractive error as low as -3.00 diopters up to as high as -20.00 diopters!
The Visian ICL™ implantation procedure typically takes about 15 minutes and is performed on an outpatient basis. (Please note that someone will have to drive you to and from surgery.) Normally, very little discomfort is associated with this procedure. A light topical or local anesthetic is administered and a mild sedative may be given. Eye drops will be prescribed and you will need to come back the next day for a follow-up visit.
You will notice immediate results after this simple 15-minute procedure. A few hours after the procedure you will be able to leave the clinic and will experience high quality vision you never thought possible!
See Near, Far, and In-Between with Crystalens® IOL
An unfortunate part of the aging process for many people is the development of vision problems. Starting in many people's 40s and early 50s, the lens of the eye begins to thicken, harden, and exhibit the signs of the condition known as presbyopia, or loss of accommodation (loss of vision at a range of distances). As the structures of the eye slowly cease to function properly, you may notice symptoms such as difficulty seeing things close up. You may have to hold your newspaper or menu far away to read clearly, and other near-vision activities become more difficult. You may even have to rely on reading glasses or bifocal lenses.
Fortunately, an effective treatment is now available to restore the function of accommodation to the eye for those struggling with presbyopia. Crystalens® is an FDA-approved, accommodating intraocular lens designed to improve near, middle, and far vision. "Accommodating" means that the range of vision is stable and continuous, from near to far, just as your eyes naturally performed in your younger years. Crystalens® is inserted beneath the cornea and works with the ciliary muscle of the eye to help you focus and see clearly. Unlike single-vision implanted lenses, Crystalens® works with your eye to focus at all distances.
If you are experiencing the symptoms of presbyopia, please contact Dr. Mitchell today. Crystalens® may be just the advanced technology you need to help you keep your vision clear and sharp for many years to come!
Freedom from Glasses? Yes! With AcrySoft® ReSTOR® IOL
Age-related vision changes affect many people. Presbyopia, a weakening of the muscles in the eye's lens that starts to occur around age 40, causes vision to blur during close-up tasks such as reading or typing. Most people learn to cope with presbyopic vision changes by wearing bifocal lenses or reading glasses – or squinting!
Now there is another way for presbyopic patients to restore near, middle, and distance vision: AcrySoft® ReSTOR® implantable lenses. ReSTOR® lenses use a patented design that employs adopization, diffractive, and refractive technologies. Diffraction refers to the process of "bending" light to focus on different points, while adopization refers to the tiny steps or changes in diffraction radiating out from the center of the ReSTOR® lens. In simple terms, adopized refraction means that the ReSTOR® lens interprets the level of light entering the eye and focuses the light on the appropriate part of the retina to give you clear, accurate vision at all distances. The end result is true freedom from glasses!
In clinical trials, 80% of patients receiving ReSTOR® implantable lenses did not need to wear glasses, compared with 8% of patients receiving single-vision implantable lenses. If you are interested in learning more about how ReSTOR® lenses can help you get rid of those reading glasses, give us a call today!
Feel free to give us a call or send an email about any questions you may have about our procedures
William Mitchell, MD
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3501 South Memorial Parkway
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone / 256-704-3937
Toll Free / 877-704-EYES
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