Dr. Behler is board certified in Ophthalmology by the American
Board of Ophthalmology and board certified in LASIK by the American Board of
Eye Surgery
Your Vision Sight is our most precious sense. People who need their glasses to read the alarm clock each morning know all too well the frustration of total dependency on glasses and contact lenses. However, because sight is precious, the decision to have surgery must be made only after careful consideration and education. Throughout this website we will help you understand refractive surgery and what it means to you.
How We Do LASIK
Dr. Behler combines 12 years of experience in refractive surgery along with state-of-the-art technology to achieve world-class results. This experience has not only honed his surgical skills treating both laser and non-laser refractive surgery patients but has also given him the insight as to whether a corneal procedure or lens procedure is the best choice for the patient. What differentiates one laser vision center from another is its philosophy, technology, and process. The best process produces the best results.
The Process Some of the important questions that need to be answered prior to undergoing LASIK eye surgery are:
Who performs the initial consultation?
Who do you see postoperatively and who collects and calculates your data the day of surgery?
Is it the surgeon who will be doing your surgery or a technician?
At Behler Eye and Laser a careful, personalized comprehensive exam will be performed by Dr. Behler, the person who will perform your surgery and not by a technician. Dr. Behler acquires and calculates the data used during the treatment and Dr. Behler sees you for all postoperative care.
Throughout this website we discuss the importance of process. Some centers have developed assembly line systems with limited involvement of the surgeon. At our facility Dr. Behler is involved in every step of the process. The LASIK process can be divided into 4 steps:
Education
Consultation
Treatment plan
Postoperative care.
The first step begins with education.
Consultation Proper patient selection is probably the single most important step in the process. To see what is included in the initial consultation see FREE EVALUATION! All it will cost you is your time. Dr. Behler personally conducts a thorough examination to determine patients' candidacy. Contact lens wearers need to remove their contact lenses prior to the evaluation in the way recommended by Dr. Behler. This is done in order to obtain accurate measurements.
During the consultation assessment, Dr. Behler personally determines whether a patient is a suitable candidate for LASIK or if another procedure is more appropriate (after all, LASIK is not for everyone.) The whole process takes approximately one hour. During the consultation you will learn about your options and how you can benefit from laser vision correction
Are you a candidate for refractive surgery?
If so, which procedure is best suited for you: LASIK surgery, Custom LASIK, ICL, or Refractive lens exchange.
If you are an implant patient what is best implant for you?
If you are presbyopic is monovision, modified monovision or no monovision or accomadative IOL best for you?
These are all important issues that need to be discussed in great detail prior
to making any decision. Following the consultation the patient will know his
or her options and will be able to make an informed decision.
Technology: State of the art technology for increased safety and improved outcome
Visx Star S4 CustomVue Laser with variable spot scanning for increased
accuracy, CustomVue has been shown to improve night vision and even provide
greater visual acuity following surgery.
ActiveTrak 3-D Eye Tracking for increased safety, and improved outcomes It is a 3-D light that tracks all involuntary eye movements in the x,y,and z axis. No dilation necessary.
Wavescan technology for wavefront analysis, 25 times more precise than traditional means of measuring glasses and contact lenses.
The Day of Your LASIK Surgery
The entire process at the laser site takes about 1 hour, however, the procedure itself takes about 10 minutes. Prior to your procedure Dr. Behler will "triple check your numbers" and place them into a surgical nomogram. How your numbers are calculated is a question that is often overlooked. A surgical nomogram is a computerized program that refines a patients' preoperative data into the final set of values programmed into the laser. Dr. Behler's nomogram is based upon the outcome analysis of thousands of prior LASIK treatments performed. Dr. Behler uses a specially developed database to track all factors that may affect outcomes. This is the same software used among the best surgeons in the world. A multi-factorial regression analysis of peripheral attributes, including room temperature and humidity, patient age, corneal thickness, degree of astigmatism is performed on EVERY patient. This analysis is critical.
Wavescan analysis is used on every patient. For CustomVue patients the wavescan digital information is transferred to the laser.
Dr. Behler has used a number of microkeratomes to make the flap. He currently
uses the Bausch and Lomb Hansatome, considered my many to be the industry standard.
It has the longest track record of any other microkeratome and can be safely
used for patients with wide variety of refractive errors including patients
with larger pupils and patients requiring farsighted corrections. The Hansatome
is disassembled, sterilized and reassembled before every case. As mentioned
above, Dr. Behler uses the Visx Star S4 laser with the variable spot scanner
and autotracker. Once the microkeratome and laser are checked and rechecked,
you are ready for your treatment.
This is the fun part! Don't worry; we'll walk you through the entire process
and explain each step. The treatment is painless and quick. Following the procedure
you will be sent home with postoperative instructions and medications. You will
be wearing "goggles" after the procedure; therefore a friend or family
member must drive you home after your surgery. Patients are advised to go directly
home and sleep for at least 5 hours.
Post Operative Care Who will be performing my exam the day after surgery? Dr. Behler your
surgeon sees every patient the day following surgery. All medications, instructions
and questions will be discussed at that time. The postoperative schedule (number
of appointments) is personalized for each patient, based upon what is in one’s
best interest. Dr. Behler is available at all times during this period to answer
your questions.
How We Do LASIK 
Consultation
These are all important issues that need to be discussed in great detail prior
to making any decision. Following the consultation the patient will know his
or her options and will be able to make an informed decision.
The Day of Your LASIK Surgery
Dr. Behler has used a number of microkeratomes to make the flap. He currently
uses the Bausch and Lomb Hansatome, considered my many to be the industry standard.
It has the longest track record of any other microkeratome and can be safely
used for patients with wide variety of refractive errors including patients
with larger pupils and patients requiring farsighted corrections. The Hansatome
is disassembled, sterilized and reassembled before every case. As mentioned
above, Dr. Behler uses the Visx Star S4 laser with the variable spot scanner
and autotracker. Once the microkeratome and laser are checked and rechecked,
you are ready for your treatment.
