Talamo Laser Eye Consultants
LASIK - Laser Eye Surgery
If you are seeking investigating LASIK or PRK in Boston call us today to get the answers you have been seeking.
Cataract patients now have the option to have their vision corrected to allow them to see at both near and far distances after cataract surgery!
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Our DOCTORS
Dr. Jonathan H. Talamo's clinical team includes Dr. Kathryn M. Hatch, Dr. Karen L. Zar and a group of experienced, talented, caring office and operating room personnel whose principal goal is to make your visit with us as informative, pleasant and as stress-free as possible.
Custom LASIK
In addition to the use of Intralase, we offer appropriate candidates custom ablation using advanced CustomVue wavefront guided technology by VISX. This approach uses the advances of adaptive optics developed for the U.S. military to measure and treat not only your prescription but also light scatter generated by the optics of the eye. This technological advance is offered for PRK as well as LASIK.
What is wavefront technology?
Wavefront Technology is the scientific base for Customized LASIK laser vision correction currently being performed today. Wavefront Technology has improved the visual outcomes of patients and provided significant advantages over conventional LASIK. The VISX® WavePrint™ system is both a diagnostic and treatment approach that allows the doctor to take very precise measurements of the patient's eyes. This is similar to a fingerprint of your vision. Just like a fingerprint, no two corneal maps are the same. In the system's diagnostic phase, a device called the WaveScan makes a WavePrint Map, a detailed map of the patient's vision. In the treatment phase, the doctor uses the information from the WavePrint Map to perform the vision correction using the excimer laser.
History
Wavefront technology was first developed in 1978 by Josef Bille, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Heidelberg, to measure wavefront distortions that occurred when light traveling through the atmosphere entered a telescopic lens. This technology removed any visual distortion or aberrations from the atmosphere allowing astrophysicists to more accurately view images of the stars and planets.
It is now possible to utilize this technology to record detailed information about the visual characteristics of the eye. Unlike standard measuring devices such as corneal topography, which measure the front surface of the eye called the cornea, the wavefront scans the way the entire optical system processes light.
Clinical Study ResultsVISX's FDA clinical study results were remarkable. Among other things:
• At one year after the VISX CustomVue procedure;
100% of the clinical study participants could pass a driving test without glasses or contacts
98% of the clinical study participants could see 20/20 or better without glasses or contacts
70% of the clinical study participants could see 20/16 or better without glasses or contacts
• Four times as many clinical study participants were very satisfied with their night vision after the VISX CustomVue procedure, compared to their night vision before with glasses or contacts.