Leonard M. Bley M.D. announced that his
Laser Vision Correction Center New York Lasik Center,
a division of Laser & Microsurgery Institute
has purchased the new Wavefront diagnostic
technology & upgraded its laser to a Visx
S4. Both technologies from Visx
,a world leader in the refractive surgery market.
The wavefront technology replaces the subjective
observer with a 100% objective, highly precise and
accurate machine. Wavefront technology
confirms low- order errors such as sphere, astigmatism
and axis. And it is also the first and only means
by which you can quantify higher-order aberrations
or irregular astigmatism.
The wavescan provides a map of the entire optical
and visual pathway. Therefore, it not
only accurately predicts which patients will need
enhancements, it will also provide a way to
screen out prospective Patients who should not undergo
lasik.
Summing up the benefits of the wavefront technology,
Dr. Bley says, “The wave scan
establishes a new Standard for measuring refractions.Treatments
based on the new
standards will provide consistently better Outcomes.”
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Dr. Barrie Soloway
Director of Vision Correction at the New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary has been featured regularly in
the news for his contributions to vision correction
surgery.
Visx, the leading manufacturer of excimer lasers
for refractive surgery has recognized Dr. Soloway
as a "Visx Star Surgeon" since 1998.
This honor is reserved for their top laser surgeons
in the United States. Additionally, his excellent
results during and after clinical trials of hyperopia
(farsigthedness) with and without astigmatism
have been recognized by the International Society
of Refractive Surgeons.
Alcon/Summit/Autonomous, manufacturers of the
high resolution, small spot, tracking laser has
awarded Dr. Soloway a position in the Summit/Autonomous
Society, and chose him as the director of their
Northeast USA Center of Education in LASIK at
the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. His original
research in 1999 with large optical zone treatments
and this laser in patients with larger pupils
has helped to eliminate a frequent cause of glare
and halo. This data was published in February
2001 in the first wavefront guided laser textbook
for surgeons "Customized Corneal Ablation:
The Quest for Supervision" by Slack publishing.
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