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LASIK IN DENVER IS BEST IN THE SUMMER

June 28, 2010 @ 08:50 PM — by Jon Dishler
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Tomorrow, June 29th is the one year anniversary of appearing on the Tom Martino show, and this week we are bringing a patient who had LASIK with Dr. Jon Dishler one year ago.  Our guest, Brian, is an avid golfer, and he is going to share how having LASIK last summer improved his game both right away and now a year later.  Brian began with 20/100 vision, and had trouble with contacts drying on his eyes.  He couldn't see the alarm clock when he woke up, and he had a lot of trouble especially on windy days.  Now he can see better than 20/20 which is a common experience of our LASIK patients.  He is able to be very competitive at golf and enjoy all the activities that summer offers.

Blade free LASIK is better LASIK

August 21, 2009 @ 09:19 PM — by Jon Dishler
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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.

20/20 vision and what it means in laser vision correction

June 14, 2009 @ 07:23 PM — by Jon Dishler
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Most people considering laser vision correction are concerned about getting 20/20 vision as a result. While this is important, 20/20 acuity is only part of what we appreciate with our vision. Some experts say that 20/happy is the real goal. No doctor can guarantee a 20/20 result, and we have outcomes analysis to show what to expect with a given level of vision before vision correction surgery. Almost all of our patients do achieve 20/20 and the few who do not usually have a free enhancement to reach this goal.