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According to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, October 2006 edition, researchers have confirmed that LASIK surgery as performed this year is safer than contact lens use. Sight threatening infections from contact lens use occur in 1 in 2,000 contact lens wearers, whereas the study confirms that only one in 10,000 patients risk significant vision loss due to complications from LASIK, making LASIK the safest elective procedure being performed today.

A medical study showed that people who wear daily contact lenses run the risk of 1 in 100 of developing a bacterial keretitis, an infection that can lead to a loss of vision.

Patients who abuse contacts by wearing them overnight or improperly caring for their lenses have ALMOST 10 TIMES GREATER risk of infection and losing vision.

The risk of Lasik laser vision correction has been diminishing as technologies continue to evolve. Atlantice Eye Institute prides itself in our state-of-the-art excimer laser technology because it means safer and faster vision correction with superior results. “We eagerly anticipated the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® 400 technology and were the first in the state to purchase the system,” says ophthalmologist Neil T. Shmunes, M.D. “We have been using it to help our patients since August 2007. For patients who have been waiting to have laser vision correction, it opens up new possibilities that were not available before now. The ALLEGRETTO WAVE® was designed to minimize the after effects of nighttime glare and halos often associated with LASIK. We are finding the results to be extremely successful.”

“Atlantic Eye uses the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® Eye-Q 400, the most advanced laser on the market today.”

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