|Articles|March 15, 2006

Practice carefully considers femtosecond laser purchase

Minneapolis?The potential for better flaps, improved outcomes, and happier patients are the factors that motivated the surgeons at Minnesota Eye Consultants to join the ranks of others who are performing all-laser LASIK using the femtosecond laser microkeratome (IntraLase) for flap creation, said Richard L. Lindstrom, MD.

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