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If you are interested in LASIK eye surgery for vision correction, you may have wondered about the issue of "blade versus bladeless" regarding how the procedure is done. What do blade and bladeless mean? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of LASIK procedure?

In traditional LASIK, an instrument known as a microkeratome cuts a thin, hinged flap into the eye's clear surface (cornea). The flap then is lifted for application of laser energy that reshapes the eye for vision correction. Replacing the flap in LASIK promotes faster healing.

Another method of creating a LASIK flap, introduced in 1999, uses a type of high energy laser (femtosecond laser or IntraLase) instead of a blade.

IntraLase often is marketed as "bladeless" or "all laser" LASIK, although eye surgeons favoring more traditional microkeratomes might argue that both procedures involve penetrating the eye's surface.

In 2007, Advanced Medical Optics (now Abbott Medical Optics, AMO) acquired the IntraLase "bladeless" technology. IntraLase was integrated into the company's CustomVue excimer laser platform, which now is marketed as iLASIK.
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