U.S. Adults Prefer LASIK with IntraLase for Emergency
Survey by IntraLase Corp. (Nasdaq:ILSE) shows many U.S. adults with defective eyesight are worried about seeing in an Emergency. Vision care preparedness goes beyond extra pair of glasses and contacts to permanent corrective options using enhanced LASIK procedures.
Growing number of emergency workers are choosing LASIK with IntraLase to provide optimum safety and service to others in an emergency.
52 percent of U.S. adults who wear corrective lenses say they would feel worried (40 percent), fearful (22 percent) and/or powerless (18 percent), if they lost or did not have access to their corrective lenses during an emergency. In fact, only one-third (31 percent) of adults who wear corrective lenses say they would feel capable in an emergency if they didn't have or lost their corrective lenses. With recent events focusing attention on disaster readiness, vision care is an important and often overlooked consideration in preparedness.
Nearly one-third (29 percent) of respondents who wear corrective lenses say they are considering LASIK to avoid having problems seeing in an emergency. Interest in having LASIK to avoid problems in an emergency was highest among males ages 35 to 44 (42 percent)(a).
More than a half-million, blade-free LASIK vision correction procedures have been performed to date - a procedure that is only possible with the IntraLase FS (femtosecond) laser. This ultra-fast laser is proven to virtually eliminate most severe, sight-threatening LASIK complications, making the procedure a far safer treatment option for the 34.4 million nearsighted and 21.1 million farsighted Americans. More IntraLase Method LASIK patients achieve 20/20 or better vision than with even the most advanced microkeratome (blade) technology.
"While LASIK has always been a safe and effective procedure, the IntraLase Method offers patients the benefits of LASIK without the blade," said Stephen Updegraff, M.D., medical director of Updegraff Vision in Tampa, Fla. "With its enhanced safety profile and superior visual outcomes, the IntraLase Method is the procedure of choice for patients considering LASIK."
Ophthalmologists also are seeing increasing numbers of police and firefighters having LASIK with the IntraLase Method, as those who respond to emergencies are looking to free themselves of corrective lenses that may hamper their ability to perform their duties.
Harris Interactive(R) fielded the study on behalf of IntraLase Corp. from Oct. 7-11, 2005, via its QuickQuery(SM) online omnibus, interviewing a nationwide sample of 1,367 U.S. adults (18+) who wear corrective lenses.
Filed under Eye Treatment, IntraLase Lasik, Lasik Eye Surgery
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