What is Contoura® Vision?
Contoura® Vision is a type of laser eye surgery we call topography-guided LASIK.
Topography-guided LASIK plots and analyzes up to 22,000 elevation points in your cornea, which generates a highly customized and accurate cornea profile down to the last detail. This means that during the procedure, the laser will be guided to precisely reshape your cornea and correct your vision.
Contoura® Vision is a type of bladeless LASIK procedure that ensures your recovery period is optimized and post-op symptoms are minimized. When you choose a Contoura® Vision procedure, you're choosing a laser eye surgery that's calibrated at the highest level of accuracy and personalization.
Why Contoura® Vision?
The truth is, no two eyes are the same. Each one is as unique as your fingerprint. That's why the type of laser treatment matters.
The cornea may look flat and featureless on the surface. But in reality, it's made up of multiple elevation points and contours.
When the cornea is misshapen, it may lead to conditions such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or astigmatism (blurred distorted vision).
With so many options for Laser Vision Correction available, choose a procedure where you don't need to compromise between accuracy and safety. Choose a LASIK procedure where up to 98.4% of patients were satisfied and said they would choose it again.
What is Wavelight® plus?
Wavelight plus, the next evolution in LASIK, is one of the most advanced innovations in laser eye surgery today. This technology allows us to deliver exceptional precision, enhanced safety, and a truly personalized treatment for every patient.
Wavelight plus builds on traditional custom LASIK by mapping the unique optical characteristics of your eyes. This highly individualized approach improves accuracy and helps achieve visual results that go beyond standard LASIK procedures.
The result? Sharper, clearer vision with reduced side effects and a more refined overall experience. With Wavelight plus, you're not just improving your vision, you're experiencing LASIK at its highest level.
Why Wavelight plus?
Wavelight plus uses AI-driven technology and ray-tracing technology to create a precise 3-D model or full "digital twin" of the eye, measuring how light moves through the entirety of the eye to create a more complete, customized, personalized treatment plan. Wavelight plus is an exceptionally personalized LASIK treatment, with outstanding results. In a recent clinical study, results with Wavelight plus speak for themselves: every patient achieved 20/20 vision*, 89% achieved 20/16*, and more than half achieved 20/12.5 vision* - results that translate into crisp, high-definition vision that often outperforms what glasses and contacts could deliver.
*In a real-world private practice setting - 200 patients (400 eyes).
All-Laser LASIK (Ziemer & FS 200 Femtosecond Laser)
For patients with thin corneas or desire the most advanced technology, LASIK flaps can also be made with the Femtosecond Laser. This is commonly known as “All Laser LASIK.” Laser flaps have the advantage of being thinner than mechanical flaps, which can be beneficial to individuals with thinner corneal tissue. Today, the vast majority of patients select this remarkable technology.
PRK
Although LASIK is a fantastic procedure that changes the lives of thousands of people annually, it certainly isn’t for everyone, but fortunately, there is a vision solution for everyone. Photorefractive Keratectomy or PRK is one of these solutions. For those with excessively thin corneas, we can forego creating a flap and simply remove a circle of surface epithelium. The laser then reshapes the underlying corneal tissue just as in our LASIK patients. PRK patients, however, take longer to recover good vision as the surface cells take 3 to 7 days to regenerate, and then the surface remodels with further healing: typically vision is good at 1 month postoperatively and identical to LASIK patients vision results in 3 months. Due to the slower recovery and normal fluctuations in vision, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Wörtz, and Dr. Piracha offer to perform PRK on one eye at a time...however, most patients prefer to have both eyes corrected during the first surgery . Generally speaking, final visual outcomes are identical to LASIK in 3 months.
Some laser surgeons prefer PRK over LASIK for all candidates. However, Commonwealth Eye Surgery stresses the need for careful individualized planning and ensures that the risks and benefits of each procedure are thoroughly explained. Again, the best procedure is the one that is best for you!