Durrie Vision Surgeon Presents Study in Chicago

CHICAGO, IL (April, 2008) - Jason Stahl, MD, of Durrie Vision in Overland Park, Kansas, presented results of a study performed at Durrie Vision at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Chicago this month. The study was “Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Analysis of Intralase and Hansatome Flaps.”

The study compared LASIK flaps made with a mechanical blade (Hansatome microkeratome) and a femtosecond laser (Intralase). The results showed that the laser produces thin flaps that are predictable and reproducible – more so than the blade-produced flaps. Since the Hansatome blade-flaps are less predictable and reproducible there would be a greater risk of button-hole perforation if a thin flap would be attempted. Thus the femtosecond laser technique is likely safer than using microkeratomes to create thin flaps. Durrie Vision only uses the Intralase femtosecond laser to create LASIK flaps.