Bangalore, India - Dr. Sri Ganesh, CMD, Nethradhama Hospital Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Dr. Mahipal Sachdev, CMD, Centre for Sight, New Delhi and Dr. Grewal, CMD, Grewal Eye Institure, Chandigrah inaugurated the function.

Dr. Sri Ganesh while giving his address said earlier versions of Lasik do not correct lower order aberrations which cause night vision disturbances (glare and halos). Now there is a new customized system which corrects all these imperfections (lower order aberrations). This system also used a laser on the base of the eye to create the flap. The standard LASIK uses a blade to create the flap, which is most common. The latest new gold standard by AMO system used a laser to create the flap and then used the AMO VISX system to correct the underlying abnormalities in the cornea which improves both day and night vision. With the Wavefront system, we are able to achieve 98 percent 20/20 vision, with 70 percent achieving even better than 20/20 vision. The standard LASIK technology can only achieve 95% 20/20 vision. With the AMO IntraLase, there is no cutting of the cornea. The laser will apply tiny little spots on the cornea bed and the tiny spot will coalesce and join together, and the flap will be lifted up. The laser is applied to the base of the flap and then the flap is put back. This allows rapid healing within-minutes. By using a blade, you cannot be precise on how deep the flap is cut. The blade could be rusty and might not be sharp enough. These imperfections of the blade cannot be seen until the cornea flap is created. With the AMO IntraLase, nothing can go wrong and a designed flap is created.

Vice President of Advanced Medical Optics, Asia Pacific, USA Mr. Jim Francis said in his speech that this procedure is the first approved system used by the Top Gun US Naval Pilots- they use the AMO VISX and AMO IntraLase to treat these pilots which cost a lot to train. In the past when these pilots use the blade to cut the flap, the flap could be dislodged when the pilots are put through their rigorous training. Using the new technology, the flaps will be very well secured in the eye and there is no chance for the flap to slide away in the future. The flap is very well designed. US Naval forces have approved the use of this new technology on their pilots. This procedure has also been recently approved for NASA Astronauts.

Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital, is the ONLY EYE HOSPITAL, in South India, having this unique and hitech iLASIK facility apart from Centre for Sight, New Delhi and Grewal Eye Institute, Chandigrah.

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Mr. S.T. ANAND
M/s. Nethradhama Eye Hospital
Bangalore, India
E-Mail : chairman@nethradhama.org