What is IntraLasik, laser eye surgery? - Centre for Sight

"What is IntraLASIK ?

IntraLASIK is a combination of two words : The' Intra' component denotes our use of the INTRALASE Femtosecond laser and LASIK is an abbreviated term for 'Laser Assisted In situ KERATOMILEUSIS'.

Conventional LASIK as practiced in most laser vision centres as a first step, uses a device called a keratome that houses a BLADE to make a flap on the cornea. The flap is lifted and the reshaping of the eye is then accomplished.

With IntraLASIK, the first step of cutting the flap is accomplished using a highly precise Laser - the INTRALASE Femtosecond Laser. This silent laser separates a layer on the cornea and converts this into a flap. The flap is lifted and the laser reshaping with the Excimer laser is accomplished as it is with Traditional Lasik and the flap is replaced. So with IntraLASIK TWO lasers are used - the IntraLASE to create the flap precisely and the other (Bausch and Lomb Z100) to reshape the cornea."