Dishler Laser - Blog

To say bladeless LASIK is the gold standard, or the standard of care are strong statements subject to interpretation. What I can say is that since introducing bladeless LASIK to Denver Colorado in 2001 we have progressed to a point that in the last several years we only offer bladeless to our patients because we believe it is a much better way to do LASIK. There are several reasons for this. First there has been shown to be less dry eye problems due to the increased gentleness of the procedure. There are also less risks of other serious complications such as loss of suction resulting in a partial or abnormally cut flap. These complications do occur with a microkeratome but are virtually nonexistent with the all laser method. Studies have been performed that show the results are better with the blade free method which may have something to do with how exact the cutting of the flap has been with the laser as compared to a blade. Finally there is the accuracy of depth which is far greater with the all laser procedure than the blade procedure. All of these reasons probably account for the fact that now about 50% of all LASIK is blade free. The only reason not to have all blade free is cost, and it seems that the extra cost is worth it for all of these reasons. Since blade free is so much more common, you can find centers to offer this at no or little additional cost from standard LASIK. This has advanced even more with the VisuMax, now our preferred blade free LASIK procedure and here is why.

The word LASIK has become a household name for laser vision correction. 15 years ago when we started offering this procedure as the first in Colorado, no one had heard of this funny word before. This post is to describe the meaning of the word and to help bring a discussion of laser vision correction to those who want to experience better vision in Denver Colorado, and throughout Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, and elsewhere.