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By DONNA DONOVAN?�? ?�? ?�? ?�? ?�? ?�? ?�?
Michelle Moore’s eyes were fine until she got into law school. After that, even with glasses, her sight grew progressively wane. The
Dallas County public defender said she was ready for a permanent solution when she decided, “it would be awfully nice to see when I woke up in the morning???��??. “I started asking questions of people who had eye surgery,” she recalled. “I really got interested in it that year and began considering it at that point. But doing something with your eyes that’s a little nerve wracking.”?�?
Moore turned to Dr. William Boothe at the Boothe Eye Core & Laser Center in Plano, who found her to be a good candidate for the new IntraLASIK procedure, which relies on a computer rather than a scalpel.The new treatment is minimally invasive. A computer-controlled laser focused to a precise depth within the eye, creating a corneal flap. At the touch of a button, a suction ring is applied to the eye, which allows a very low vacuum to pull the flap open.?�?
A second laser then goes through a disposable glass lens to a specific location in the eye. It makes a pre-programmed visual correction and the corneal flap is then placed back into place.
The use of both lasers is safer for the patient and more precise for the correction. No cleaning or sterilization is involved. And 95 percent of complications aec alleviated because no mental blades are used. The patient’s outer surface of the cornea experiences no trauma, and the procedure is completely painless.?�?
Dr. Boothe specializes in LASIK surgery exclusively and was the first LASIK surgeon in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area to use the IntraLASIK procedure. ”I personally consult with every patient who decides to have surgery,” he pointed out. “What determines how compli?�?�cated (the procedure) is, is determined by their prescription. Sometimes you have to fine tune it to get the kind of vision you want.”?�?
A graduate of
Rice University and Southwestern Medical School, Dr. Boothe completed his residency at Texas Tech University Medical School He then completed a cornea fellowship at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA Medical School, where he specialized in refractive surgery. He has performed more than 25,000 successful LASIK surgeries.?�?
Connie Zuffinetti, a registered nurse, and the eye center’s patient public relations coordina?�?�tor, said she takes pride in work?�?�ing for her boss. Both of her children have had their vision corrected by Dr. Boothe and she has the satisfaction of seeing the changes in other patients after surgery.One man, she recalled, literally left their office singing: “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone???��??.
