VEC Announces Addition of All-Laser LASIK Platform to On-Site Laser Suite

Virginia Eye Consultants Announces Addition of All-Laser LASIK Platform to On-Site Laser Suite

Norfolk, Va., February 10, 2009 – Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, VA, announced today that it has added the IntraLase FS Femtosecond laser to its on-site laser suite, featuring the world’s most advanced LASIK technology.

The IntraLase FS Femtosecond laser has redefined vision correction by raising standards for optimal vision results from the LASIK procedure. During the first step of the LASIK procedure, your surgeon will create a corneal flap in order to allow him or her to reshape the corneal surface with an excimer laser. The flap is traditionally created with a microkeratome blade, but the IntraLase FS laser system provides a more accurate, all-laser method for creation of the corneal flap. Additionally, this revolutionary IntraLase technology precisely measures factors unique to each patient’s eye, including corneal thickness, steepness, diameter and pupil position to create a procedure individually customized to each patient’s specific vision needs. The elimination of the microkeratome blade allows for a safer and more accurate all-laser, blade-free LASIK procedure. In conjunction with the B&L Technolas excimer laser, the IntraLase FS Femtosecond laser offers patients of Virginia Eye Consultants a faster procedure that reduces already minimal discomfort and yields more accurate long-term results for improved vision.

“This level of advancement in LASIK not only optimizes the level of vision improvement our patients receive, but allows for customized treatment in the first stages of the LASIK process for results acutely tuned to each patients individual vision needs,” said Stephen V. Scoper, M.D. “It has completely enhanced our ability as ophthalmic surgeons to offer our patients a safer, comfortable and more accurate procedure for ideal vision results.”

About Virginia Eye Consultants

The expert team at Virginia Eye Consultants has been providing exceptional eye care to patients throughout Virginia for more than 30 years and is dedicated to helping each patient achieve optimal vision results. With the world’s most advanced technology and a team of committed eye experts, their many areas of expertise include cataract surgery, ophthalmic plastic surgery, corneal transplantation, refractive surgery and general eye care. A dedication to teaching, research and surgery has earned Virginia Eye Consultants an outstanding national reputation in the field of eye care. For more information about Virginia Eye Consultants visit www.virginiaeyeconsultants.com or call (757) 622-2200.