Fast Facts & Figures
These charts graphically address some of the most frequently asked questions:
*Only the IntraLase FS laser can be used to perform the IntraLase Method.
How many IntraLase procedures have been performed since 2003?

*Data on file. IntraLase Corp. 2006.
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Do patients prefer the IntraLase Method?


*Mahdavi S. IntraLase: coming of age. How femtosecond technology impacts the business side of refractive surgery. Cataract Refract Surg Today.
October 2005; 117-120.
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Does IntraLase make LASIK better?

*Tanzer DJ, Schallhorn SC, Brown MC, et al. Data on file, IntraLase Corp. 2005.
†IntraLase was statistically superior to Amadeus. The difference between IntraLase and Hansatome was not statistically significant.

*Durrie DS, Kezirian GM. Femtosecond laser versus mechanical keratome flaps in wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005;31(1):120-126.
†Preoperatively, there were no significant differences between the IntraLase group and the Hansatome group in any abberation.
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Are patients pleased with the vision that results from bladeless LASIK?

*Durrie DS. Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: Meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Opthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Calif; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004; San Diego, Calif; Refractive Surgery 2004; International Refractive Surgery; Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004; New Orleans, La; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium, April 15-20, 2005; Washington, DC.
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