Saturday, March 31, 2007

Ultralase Laser eye Surgery: Services that are offered

Laser Eye Surgery

Ultralase brief history had been explained in the previous post. Now, Do you know what ultralase offer to all of patients and its prospect? Below listed some of them:

1. Free Consultation

Ultralase provides free consultation which is not just an ordinary eye checking. Besides checking the health of your eyes to find out whether the patients suitable for laser eye treatment or not, ultralase will provide complete personalized treatment plan to all patients. What is that mean? Ultralase will give treatment summary that is most suitable for the patients. The patients will get some advices that are needed before doing the laser eye surgery/ treatment.

2. Laser Vision Correction

Ultralase laser eye surgery is a very safe and highly effective means of correcting short-sight, long-sight and astigmatism, with 98% of all Ultralase patients able to achieve minimum driving standard of vision or better. It offers:

  • LASEK
    An improvement of the earliest laser eye surgery type (PRK, Photo Refractive Keratectomy), LASEK is a highly effective and reliable ‘surface’ treatment with excellent long-term safety. Features rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. £995 per eye.
  • LASIK
    A more advanced technique, introduced in the mid-1990s, LASIK involves the design of a thin layer of corneal tissue, known as the ‘corneal flap’. LASIK is the most popular laser eye treatment worldwide. Features rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. £995 per eye.
  • ULTRALASIK™/ULTRALASEK™
    Features tissue-sparing technology, This Ultralase treatments are especially appropriate for those with thinner corneas. £1,295 per eye.
  • ULTRALASIKplus™/ULTRALASEKplus™
    Ultralase 'Ultra-plus' wavefront treatments are specially customised for each individual eye, and feature iris recognition, tissue-sparing technology and rapid, multi-dimensional eye-tracking. Wavefront-guided treatments are proven by expert surgeons the world over to offer better outcomes and better overall quality of vision. £1,495 per eye.
  • INTRALASE®
    Available as an upgrade to all LASIK-based treatments, the IntraLase® method creates the corneal flap using a laser rather than a mechanical microkeratome. Effectively eliminates intra-operative corneal flap complications. £300 per eye upgrade.*
    * in addition to cost of LASIK, UltraLASIK™ or UltraLASIKplus™.

3. Non Laser Treatments

Not all eyesight problems can be corrected by laser eye surgery as mentioned above. To find out about unsuitability check it here. Ultralase also provides services for that. Some of them are:

· INTRA-OCULAR LENSES (IOLs)

Ultralase offer a range of intra-ocular lenses designed for those for whom laser eye treatment may not be the most appropriate solution. UltraLENS, UltraLENSplus and UltraLENSpremier lenses available. Prices from £2,650 per eye.

· CATARACT REMOVAL

State-of-the-art procedure to remove cataracts. UltraLENS and UltraLENSplus lenses available. Prices from £2,650 per eye.

· ULTRA-CK

When people reach to his/ her mid-40s, they start to develop the age-related condition known as presbyopia, characterized by the need for reading glasses. Ultra-CK, standing for conductive keratoplasty, is a revolutionary procedure that uses radio waves - not laser beams - to shrink minute collagen fibres on the cornea (the surface of the eye), thereby helping to counteract the effect of presbyopia. £1,295 per eye.