Wavefront Custom Vue Lasik

Colorado Custom LASIK Vision Correction Laser Eye Surgery with CustomVue Wavefront LASIK Technology in the Denver & Boulder Metro Area

Wavefront technology allows me to customize your LASIK treatment specifically for your eyes. Although millions of eyes may have the same refraction (glasses prescription), no two eyes will have the same wavefront pattern. Your unique wavefront pattern is programmed into the VISX Star S4 Excimer Laser, allowing customized LASIK treatment specific to your eye, increasing the precision and accuracy of LASIK.

Wavefront technology generates a computerized, 3-dimensional measurement of your eye. (We take a "picture" of your eye. You don't feel anything.) Wavefront measurements are 25 times more precise than previous measurement systems and can treat corneal imperfections that glasses or contacts cannot correct. This improves the quality of your vision after LASIK, especially at night.

Additionally, the VISX wavefront technology also includes "iris registration", which accurately determines the rotational orientation of the Laser Treatment for correcting your astigmatism. No other FDA Excimer Laser has this technology. Other Lasers have "auto-trackers" that orient the Laser in the x,y and z directions (i.e. left, right and up/down) but the VISX auto-tracking system with iris-registration also determines precise rotational (clockwise/counterclockwise) orientation. Iris registration, which is only available on the VISX Laser system, provides a significantly increased precision for treating your astigmatism.

FDA studies on patients who had LASIK on the VISX Star S4 CustomVue Wavefront system showed:

• 96% of patients in the FDA Study were satisfied with their vision AFTER CustomVue LASIK while only 78% were satisfied with their overall vision BEFORE CustomVue LASIK.

• 2/3 of study patients saw better at one year after CustomVue Wavefront LASIK than they did before surgery with their glasses or contacts.

• At 1 year post-op after Visx CustomVue Wavefront LASIK, 99% of FDA study patients saw 20/20 or better, 75% of patients saw 20/16 or better AND 23% saw 20/12 or better!! 20/12 vision approaches the theoretical limit that the human eye is capable of seeing. We rarely attain 20/12, or even 20/15 vision with glasses or contacts!

• Four times as many study patients were very satisfied with their night vision AFTER the CustomVue LASIK than were satisfied with their night vision BEFORE CustomVue LASIK.

• 30% of patients complained of glare at night before CustomVue LASIK and only 8% complained of glare at night after CustomVue LASIK.

Wavefront technology was initially designed to identify and correct microscopic aberrations in the complex telescopic systems used in astrophysics (astronomy). By using a scanning laser, an optical system can be analyzed with accuracy never before possible. And by identifying subtle irregularities in complex optical systems, such as telescopes or your eye, microscopic adjustments can then be made in the optical system, allowing significant, previously unattainable improvements in the quality of the optical system. This technology has been adapted for analyzing the human eye, specifically for use in Laser Vision Correction.

If you are considering Monovision, I would strongly encourage you to also consider having CustomVue Wavefront LASIK. You will only need CustomVue Wavefront on your distance eye. You will not benefit from Wavefront on your reading eye so you will only need traditional LASIK on your reading eye. Also, if you have large pupils (greater than 6.5 mm), I would encourage you to consider CustomVue Wavefront LASIK.

Patients with small pupils (under 5 mm), with over 6 diopters of nearsightedness, 3 diopters of astigmatism or with farsightedness cannot be treated with Wavefront CustomVue. The primary drawback to Wavefront technology is the added cost of approximately $500 per eye. You are paying for extremely advanced technology and in my experience, the improvement in vision is worth the incremental expense.

Please call my vision correction office in Denver, Colorado if you have specific question or to arrange a complimentary (free) consultation to see if you are a candidate for Wavefront CustomVue LASIK or PRK.

Phone (303)393-0347
Fax (303)393-1026

Rose Medical Plaza, 4545 East Ninth Avenue, #270, Denver, CO 80220

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The Levinson Eye Clinic, in Denver Colorado, and its laser vision correction surgeon, Dr. Richard A. Levinson, M.D., provide the latest technology in eye care and Lasik vision correction surgery for Custom Wavefront Lasik in the Denver and Boulder Metro area. Dr. Levinson and his refractive eye surgery staff use the Visx Star S4 excimer laser for Lasik or PRK refractive eye surgery with Customvue Wavefront Lasik. Contact Dr. Levinson and his Denver, Colorado laser vision correction staff for more information or to schedule a complimentary Custom Lasik vision correction consultation.

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