Best Laser for Lasik

It’s reasonable to want to know as much as possible about the equipment being used for your lasik vision correction surgery. But unless you already know a lot about the different types of excimer lasers used for lasik (do you know the differences between Slit scanning lasers, Spot scanning lasers, and Wavefront-guided lasers?), you’ll have a tough time telling which lasik laser is best.

This article does a very good job describing the different lasik lasers and what features each of them have. A handy table compares common lasik lasers such as the Alcon LADARVision 4000, Bausch & Lomb Technolas 217A, Nidek EC-5000, Visx Star S4, Visx Star S4 IR, and the WaveLight Allegretto Wave.

While not coming right out and saying which is the best lasik laser, the article concludes with an important point:

…no matter which laser is used, remember that ultimately your surgeon’s skill and experience likely will be the most important factors affecting your LASIK outcome.

So don’t get hung up on finding the best laser for your lasik surgery–focus on finding a great lasik surgeon, instead.

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