Laser Treatment

Our Commitment to You

To put your safety first
To give advice with your best interests at heart
To provide treatments to the highest contemporary standards
To maintain one fixed price for laser surgery, whatever the type of treatment
By the way……………………did we mention that your safety ALWAYS comes first?

Procedures Available

Refractive Surgery

1. Laser: LASIK, LASIK, PRK
2. Phakic intraocular lenses: Verisyse, Veriflex and Staar ICL
3. Refractive lens exchange and implantation of multifocal IOL
4. Combination of both (‘Bioptics’)

Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK)

Laser treatment to remove superficial corneal scarring due to infection, trauma, or other cause.

Presbyopia correction

1. Exchange of the natural lens for a multifocal intraocular lens implant.
2. Laser eye surgery to the cornea

Cataract surgery

Available with a choice of monofocal or multifocal lens implants

Corneal treatments

1. INTACS and INTACS SK (e.g. for keratoconus)
2. Astigmatic keratotomy for high astigmatism (e.g. after corneal graft)
3. Future developments:  corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus

Laser Vision Correction with i.Lase

The decision to have laser eye surgery is a major one.  You manage with spectacles or contact lenses, so why take the risk of an operation?  Well, if wearing spectacles or contact lenses is not an inconvenience you should not have laser vision correction.
However, if you are eager to have excellent vision without visual aids, then minimising the risk is essential.  You can rest assured that your surgeon is fellowship trained in refractive surgery and that the laser being used for your treatment is a market leader.  Mr Muhtaseb is one of very few ophthalmologists working in the UK who is a fellowship-trained specialist in cornea and refractive surgery.  He will advise you on your suitability for laser vision correction, and use only state-of-the-art equipment to deliver the treatment that best suits your eyes.

What is the success rate of laser vision correction?

What can be achieved depends on whether the patient is near-sighted (myopia) or far-sighted (hyperopia), the strength of the prescription, and the presence of astigmatism.  Generally, over 90% of patients will achieve “driving standard” vision without glasses.  This means reading the 6/12 line of the vision chart.  Over 70-80% will achieve 6/6 (or 20/20) vision without glasses, but this will depend on the initial prescription.

The US Food and Drug Administration provide detailed statistics for various laser systems. Click here to read more.

What does the laser do?

The laser is applied to the middle layer of the cornea (the clear window at the front of the eye).  The shape of the cornea is altered to allow light to focus on the retina, so treating the spectacle prescription.

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View Eye Tracker Function video

The distinction between the different types of laser treatment lies in how the surgeon gets past the front layer of corneal cells (the epithelium) in order to apply the laser to the middle layer (the stroma).  All of these procedures are carried out under local anaesthetic and are pain free:

So, why have LASEK or PRK?

First, it is important to note that all treatment modalities produce equally good results. 
So, it would be reasonable to ask why not everybody has LASIK, especially given that the recovery is sooner, there is no need to use a contact lens for 5 days, and it avoids the feeling of grittiness that often follows LASEK and PRK in the first 2 – 3 days after treatment.

There may be several good reasons for not choosing LASIK:

• There are many people who simply do not like the idea of a flap but would still like to have laser vision correction.
• Others are unsuitable for LASIK because the cornea may not be sufficiently thick to allow the flap to be made. 
• The LASIK flap may be disrupted at any time by a direct trauma to the eye.  So, whenever this risk is higher than normal it is sensible to consider LASEK / PRK.  Examples may include participation in contact sports such as rugby.

Dr Mohammed Muhtaseb

As well as his full fellowships in corneal surgery and inflammatory eye diseases, Mr. Muhtaseb spent 9 months undertaking a full fellowship in refractive surgery, followed by independent practice as a Consultant in the United Kingdom.  This forms the foundation for advice and treatment that you can trust at i.Lase.