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Procedures Overview

iLASIK, LASIK, Custom Cornea, Intraocular Lens, INTACS

Procedures from Atlantic Laser Center

A comprehensive refractive surgeon with over 25 years of experience in cornea and intraocular lens surgery, Dr. Goldberg can improve your vision through dozens of procedures. Dr. Goldberg personally examines every patient and will help you determine the best path to better vision.

Dr. Goldberg has personally performed over 10,000 LASIK and iLASIK procedures and one of the first in New Jersey to implement the latest technology called iLASIK. (download PDF)

The entire range of refractive procedures includes corneal refractive procedures, where Dr. Goldberg reshapes your cornea or its surface (iLASIK, IntraLASIK, LASEK, EpiLASIK, CK, INTACS®), and lens-based refractive procedures, where Dr. Goldberg replaces imperfect lenses (cataract and clear lens extraction with intraocular lenses and phakic IOL (Verisyse™ lens for myopia, ReSTOR® for presbyopia).

Cornea-Based Refractive Procedures - iLasik^™

Innovations with iLASIK^™

As LASIK surgery and technology has evolved, Dr. Goldberg has been at the leading edge of change. In fact, the new iLasik^™ procedure, which is recommended by the US military, is a validation of the early work Dr. Goldberg performed by combing multiple technologies to procedure optimal results.

Today, iLasik^™ is the combination of three technology pierces that were once known as:

Intralase^® Laser
VISX Star 4™ Laser
Custom Cornea Lasik

LASIK, or laser vision correction, dramatically improves the eye's ability to focus through the controlled use of an excimer laser. The procedure gently and precisely reshapes the patient’s cornea to its optimal shape. We use the VISX Star 4™ excimer laser, the most advanced laser technology platform available to refractive surgeons.

The First Laser: IntraLase®

To reach the cornea and reshape it, surgeons must first create a corneal flap. Many surgeons still use a microkeratome, which is actually a metal razor blade, to create this flap. The truth is that the incorrect use of microkeratomes is the source of the majority of complications with LASIK.

We are one of a select group of surgical centers in the country to create the corneal flap with an additional laser instead of a metal blade. It’s called the IntraLase® femotosecond laser and it offers Dr. Goldberg and the patient unprecedented control, accuracy, and precision. When you hear the phrase “all-laser LASIK”, that means that one laser creates the corneal flap and another laser reshapes the cornea.

To learn more about just how important this first laser is, visit the IntraLase® section on our technology page.

The Second Laser: VISX Star S4™

Once the corneal flap has been created, Dr. Goldberg reshapes your cornea with the VISX Star S4™ excimer laser, the most advanced technology platform available to refractive surgeons. Using the Star S4™ allows Dr. Goldberg to protect your corneas more effectively than other laser systems.

Some locations on your cornea do not need to be shaped as much as other locations. Dr. Goldberg can constantly and precisely adjust the size of the Star S4™ laser beam to accommodate your cornea’s unique needs. Most other lasers, including LADARVision®, don’t change size. The result is that doctors using LADARVision® remove more of your corneal tissue than is actually necessary.

Removing a minimum of corneal tissue is a critical means of protecting patients with thin corneas and large pupils, which is why the Star S4™ is the preferred choice of many experienced refractive surgeons.

The Star S4™ also uses 3-D tracking technology which allows Dr. Goldberg to work with undilated pupils, which are widely believed to improve accuracy because the surgeon does not have to adjust to an abnormally expanded pupil.

And now our Star S4™ laser includes the most promising advancement in refractive surgery since LASIK itself: CustomVue™, your personal best vision.

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Custom Cornea LASIK

Custom Cornea LASIK takes laser vision correction to a whole new level. The procedure consists of the most precise measurement of your individual eye imperfections available anywhere and new laser software that reshapes the cornea with much more accuracy than glasses or contacts could ever achieve.

Like your fingerprint, your vision is unique. Dr. Goldberg understands the individuality of each eye and is one of the first eye surgeons to adopt the VISX WaveScan WaveFront® System. With this system, Dr. Goldberg can treat more than simple nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. For the first time in history, we have the potential to improve vision beyond the limits of glasses and contact lenses.

It’s called Wavefront, and the technology measures and corrects for imperfections in your eyes 25 times more precisely than standard methods. This allows Dr. Goldberg to analyze your eye's specific irregularities so that he can completely customize your laser eye surgery for your vision! In the hands of a specially trained and highly skilled eye surgeon like Dr. Goldberg, wavefront technology means better diagnosis, better treatment, and better vision. Once touted as the means to a sort of elusive "supervision," WaveFront is now a reality and better vision is attainable.

Surface Ablation Procedures

Surface treatments reduce the total depth of treatment and eliminate the potential for complications from a LASIK flap. Advantages of LASIK over surface treatment include faster recovery with less discomfort and easier enhancement if needed.

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LASEK/PRK/EpiLASIK

Surface ablation procedures include PRK (PhotoRefractive Keratectomy), LASEK (Laser Assisted Sub-Epithelial Keratomileusis), and EpiLASIK. These refractive surgeries are available to patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK surgery. Read More

Lens-Based Refractive Procedures

If you’re not a candidate for LASIK, or even if you are but are uncomfortable for any reason, lens-based refractive procedures may be for you. Read More

Correction of Presbyopia

Dr. Goldberg is a pioneer in providing solutions for people diagnosed from presbyopia. His work using Lasik for monovision corrections is now the gold standard to treating people with presbyopia. Read More

INTACS® For Keratoconus

INTACS® are micro-thin ring segments of inert plastic that are inserted just under the outer edge of the cornea through a small incision. Read More