Is 20/20 vision guaranteed with Intacs refractive surgery?
The majority of people undergoing Intacs refractive surgery are very happy with their post-procedure vision. In fact, a person’s happiness with their vision after the procedure is a far more important measure of success than the somewhat arbitrary “20/20” measurement done in a dark room of a doctor’s office. In the clinical trials of Intacs for the correction of low myopia, 97% of patients saw better than 20/40, the minimum visual acuity to drive without glasses in most states. Additionally, 74% saw 20/20 or better. Though a high percentage of patients achieve 20/20 vision with Intacs, an even higher percentage typically achieve 20/20 vision or better with excimer laser surgeries, such as LASIK or PRK. For this reason, Intacs is often less used to correct low levels of myopic refractive error than LASIK or PRK. Additionally, though Intacs are a very precise refractive surgery technology, the individual healing response of each patient may cause some variability of response the treatmen
