What is Wavefront?
Wavefront is a technology that is able to determine and measure aberrations of the cornea beyond that of conventional eye examination techniques that only identify and measure myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
Wavefront measures the individual imperfections in your eye much more precisely than traditional means. It produces an individualized and detailed "map" of the surface of your eye and generates digital information that can be transferred directly to the laser.
What is CustomVue?
Custom LASIK, also known as wavefront LASIK, combines the use of the STAR S4 Excimer Laser System with the WaveScan Wavefront System to created the CustomVue Procedure.
The combination of the Wavefront scan with the LASIK procedure can increase the precision and accuracy of laser vision correction. Studies have shown that CustomVue has a higher percentage of patients with a 20/20 outsome. CustomVue has also been shown to reduce side effects of starburst and halo.
see also: "Facts You Need to Know About CustomVue™ Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Laser Treatment"
Refractive Surgery Service
Dept. of Ophthalmology,
200 Hawkins Dr.,
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Contact us directly at 866-309-0840 (toll free) or 353-7625 (locally).
Email us at lasik@uiowa.edu
