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Welcome to the

Windsor Laser Eye Institute.

The Windsor Laser Eye Institute is world-

renowned or its work and contribution in

vision correction procedures. The Institute is

committed to providing the most advanced

technology in LASIK surgery to produce

superior results or our patients. Since 1991,

we have helped enhance the lives o more

than 25,000 people who have chosen us to

perorm their vision correction procedure.

The Windsor Laser Eye Institute was established over 18 years ago by our Medical Director and Chie Surgeon,

Dr. Fouad Tayour. Highly regarded by his peers as a world leader in vision correction, Dr. Fouad Tayours

experience, combined with his extensive clinical research, has contributed signicantly to worldwide

improvements in Laser Vision Correction. Dr. Fouad Tayour was the rst in North America to perorm LASIK

in 1993 and has perormed more than 50,000 LASIK procedures. Dr. Tayours reputation or remarkable

results and personal attention has drawn patients rom around the world.

Technological advancements aside, we continue to be a leader in the

industry or the personable approach we take with every patient.

Our proessional team provides exceptional service and employs

the highest standards o patient care. Many eye surgeons reer

their more dicult cases to The Windsor Laser Eye Institute. This

is a true testimony to the skill and knowledge o Dr. Tayour and his

proessional team.

As a result o placing the patients best interest rst, Dr. Tayour has

developed a Co-Management Program with optometrists throughout

Ontario and Michigan. This program provides the ultimate in

convenience, allowing patients to have their pre and post-operative

care with their own eye care proessional. We are readily available to

respond to your questions and needs to make your experience at the

Institute a pleasant one.

FACT:CustomVue LASIK with the IntraLase method or ap creation is the only technology

approved by NASA.

Fouad Tayfour, MD, FRCSC

Medical Director

The Windsor Laser Eye Institute


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Am I a Candidate?

With todays technology most people who are nearsighted, arsighted or have astigmatism are candidates or

LASIK Surgery. Candidates are at least 18 years old with generally healthy eyes and a stable prescription that

has not changed signicantly within the past year. Candidates should also be in good general health. To helpyou understand more about your vision and to determine i you are a candidate or LASIK Eye Surgery, the

Windsor Laser Eye Institute oers complimentary, no-obligation consultations.

Your frst steps toward a better quality o lie.The rst step in improving your vision and your lie is to nd out i you are a candidate or vision correction

procedures, and doing so has never been easier, thanks to a no-ee consultation at The Windsor Laser Eye

Institute. Our consultation is a comprehensive evaluation that will ensure your eyes are healthy enough

to undergo the procedure, and as importantly, that you are a candidate. As part o our responsibility to your

healthy vision, we keep you ully inormed throughout our relationship. No question is too simple, no concern

is too trivial. It is only with thorough knowledge that you can make the best decision, the decision thats rightor you.

Consultation: Upon your arrival, you will be greeted by our caring, proessional sta. You will undergo a initialscreening including corneal topography (map o the cornea). All aspects o the procedure will be thoroughly

explained. You will meet with Dr. Tayour to discuss your Laser Vision Correction procedure and have your

questions and concerns addressed. Dr. Tayour will provide you with a realistic opinion o the results you can

expect.

Scheduling Your Procedure:Ater scheduling your procedure, you will receive instructions or the day otreatment including arrival time, how long to leave your contacts out prior to the procedure and limitations

immediately ater surgery.

The Day o Procedure: When you arrive or your treatment, you will sign a surgery consent orm. Beore theprocedure, you will receive medication to relax you. It is normal to be nervous or have some anxiety. You may

have some additional measurements, and your eyes will be cleaned. Once you are comortable in a reclining

chair, Dr. Tayour will begin your Laser Vision Correction. Ater the procedure you will remain in the oce or

approximately 20 minutes. The hinged fap that is created during surgery will heal in about six hours. The

entire vision correction process takes about 60 to 90 minutes.

Healing: Prior to your departure, you will be given a post-procedure kit which includes eye drops, medicationto help you sleep, goggles or showering, instructions or your post-treatment visits and any additional

inormation you need. Ater LASIK, you may have some mild discomort like watery eyes or a scratchy eeling

or up to eight hours. Also, you will need to have someone drive you home ollowing treatment. Most patients

are able to drive and resume normal activities the day ater the procedure. We recommend that you rest and

relax the evening ollowing your LASIK treatment. The day ollowing surgery, you will be seen either at The

Institute or by your own eye care proessional. On average, you can expect 3 or 4 post-treatment visits during

a one-year period.

FACT:Advanced CustomVue Waveront System with Iris Registration is the only true Custom

LASIK platorm available today.


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How LASIK Works.

Custom LASIK

Custom LASIK is a procedure that enables your surgeon to urther customize the conventional LASIK

procedure to your individual eyes. This customized procedure may result in patients seeing clearer and

sharper than ever beore. FDA studies show that Custom LASIK may produce better vision than is possible

with contact lenses or glasses. In both conventional LASIK and Custom LASIK, the procedure is perormed in

the same way.

Understanding How Custom LASIK Works

In Custom LASIK, an aberrometer is used to measure the way light travels through your eye. The aberrometer

measures more than 250 points through your optical system and creates a customized 3-D map. This map

provides inormation about the unique visual characteristics o your eye which adds an additional level o

data about your vision, enabling Dr. Tayour to urther customize your vision correction.

Higher Order AberrationsSeveral types o visual imperections, reerred to as lower- and higher-order aberrations, exist within the eye

and may aect your vision. In conventional LASIK, only lower-order aberrations (such as nearsightedness,

arsightedness and astigmatism) could be measured and treated. Higher-order aberrations may also have a

signicant impact on the quality o your vision and have been linked to glare and halos. Now Custom LASIK

may help to urther customize your treatment o these higher-order aberrations that could not be treated

with glasses, contacts or conventional LASIK treatments.

Bladeless LASIK (Intralase)

The rst step in the LASIK procedure is to create a fap o corneal tissue.

The fap is then olded back. The surgeon is then able to perorm the

laser vision correction treatment with the excimer laser on the inner

layers o the cornea. When the fap is replaced it adheres with 6-8

hours and allows or a rapid visual recovery.

Since the inception o the traditional LASIK procedure the corneal fap

has been created with an automated machine called a microkeratome.

In Bladeless LASIK, the surgeon uses a laser to create the corneal fap

instead o a blade. The Intralase laser enables the surgeon the ability

to customize the corneal fap or every individual patient. The Intralase

laser allows us to treat those who were previously not candidates due

to thin corneas.

FACT:Leading doctors and teaching hospitals rom around the world believe in IntraLase and

use the IntraLase method.


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Technology and Methods.

VISX Star S4 IRThe VISX STAR S4 IR Excimer Laser system represents the

most advanced laser technology platorm available today.Integrating data collected by the WaveScan WaveFront System,

the STAR S4 IR utilizes VISX Iris Registration and other exclusive

VISX technologies to deliver advanced precision and enhanced

saety.

Custom Vue Waveront Wavescan SystemThe rst step in the Custom LASIK procedure is to perorm a series o measurements to determine the

individual characteristics o your vision. The Waveront Wavescan system (aberrometer) measures over

250 points throughout your optical system that captures your lower and higher order aberrations and then

creates a 3-D map o the unique imperections o your eyes. Then our Advanced CustomVue process uses

the digital inormation rom that 3-D map to design a custom laser treatment or each o your eyes. These

digital treatment instructions are then transerred to the laser, driving a new level o precision and accuracy.

Together, the WaveScan WaveFront System and STAR S4 IR Excimer Laser System deliver unprecedented

levels o measurement accuracy and treatment precision essential to deliver the CustomVue procedure.

The IntraLase Method?The IntraLase Method is a 100% blade-ree technique used to perorm the critical rst step in the LASIK

procedure: creating the corneal fap. The creation o the corneal fap prepares the eye or the second step othe LASIK procedure, where an excimer laser is used on the inner cornea to correct vision.

How does the IntraLase Method work?The IntraLase Method uses tiny, rapid pulses o laser light to

create your corneal fap, during the rst step o LASIK. Each pulse

o light passes through the top layers o your cornea and orms

a microscopic bubble at a specic depth and position within your

eye that is determined by the doctor. The IntraLase laser moves

back and orth across your eye, creating a uniorm layer o bubbles

just beneath your corneal surace.

Just prior to applying laser vision correction, the doctor creates your corneal fap by gently separating the

tissue where these bubbles have ormed. The corneal fap is then olded back so the doctor can perorm the

second step o your LASIK treatment.

FACT:IntraLase is the most sophisticated and accurate technology or corneal ap creationavailable today and has given many patients greater confdence and assurance in

choosing laser vision correction.


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FACT:Dr. Tayour is a pioneer and was the frst in North America to perorm LASIK in 1993 and

has since perormed more than 50,000 procedures.

Learning About Refractive Errors.

One o the most critical components to great vision is the cornea the window o your eye. The job o

the cornea is to bend or reract light rays so that they ocus on the retina. Vision disorders occur when

the cornea ails to ocus light precisely on the retina. LASIK reshapes the cornea so light rays ocus on the

retina and the vision is clear.

Myopia: Also known as nearsightedness, myopia is the most common

reractive disorder. In North America alone, over 70 million people are myopic.

Myopia is the result o the eye being too long, or a cornea that is too curved. In

both cases, light rays are ocused in ront o the retina. People who are myopic

typically have good close vision, but distance vision is blurred.

Hyperopia: Hyperopia, or arsightedness, is the opposite o myopia. With

hyperopia, the eye is too short, or the cornea is less curved, resulting in light

rays that ocus behind the retina. The result is blurred vision that is worse at

near distance than ar distance.

Astigmatism: Astigmatism occurs when your cornea is shaped like a ootball

with two dierent curvatures, thereore two dierent ocal points. Images

appear blurred or ghostly because light rays are reracted unequally. In some

cases, people with astigmatism have trouble seeing clearly with both near and

ar vision.

Presbyopia: As we get older (40s and beyond), we begin having diculty with near vision, specically

or close-up details like reading. This is part o the natural aging process. Presbyopia is the hardening o

your natural lens. The result is reduced elasticity, thus the lack o ability or the lens to ocus properly.

Unortunately, this is not a reractive disorder and cannot be corrected by Laser Vision Correction. Although

there are some experimental procedures on the horizon, it may be years beore we see help in this area. Until

such time, reading glasses are the only practical answer.

However, i you have just begun to experience this change and have myopia as well, its eects can be

reduced through vision correction surgery by intentionally leaving a small amount o myopia in one eye. The

resulting undercorrection allows presbyopic patients to maintain some near vision. This technique is known

as monovision.


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Surgery Facts and Alternative Treatments.

Potential Side ects: Medical science has been studying corneal healing or more than a century. Since 1987,millions o laser vision procedures have been perormed, yet there have been no signicant long-term problems. Laser

Vision Correction is one o the saest elective procedures in medicine today. Not a single persons vision has beenlost due to complications. However, as with any surgery, there may be some side eects associated with Laser Vision

Correction. These will be explained in ull prior to treatment.

Inection: There is a slight risk o inection during the rst two to three days post-operatively. As part o yourtreatment, you will receive antibiotic eye drops ater the procedure to help prevent inection. Although very rare (less

than 1% o all cases), corneal scarring can occur rom severe eye inection. This side eect can usually be corrected

with a ollow-up procedure.

Night Glare or Haloes: It is common or patients to see haloes, especially around lights at night, or up to sixmonths ater surgery. This phenomenon improves in almost all patients. In act, only 1% o all patients will experience

some halo and glare eect ater a six-month period.

Regression/Undercorrection: Over a decade o investigative trials with Laser Vision Correction havedemonstrated that vision almost always remains stable. Some individuals may experience a small degree o regression

or undercorrection. Both can be corrected with an enhancement procedure. However, the overwhelming majority o

people who undergo Laser Vision Correction will not need this enhancement procedure.

Reduced Vision in Dim Light: A small group o reractive patients may experience a minimal loss o visionsharpness in dim light. Usually, these are patients with high levels o myopia. Most patients nd that the problem

improves within six months.

Alternative Treatments: For most patients, LASIK is the procedurethat will provide the best results. But in some cases, you might not be a

candidate. The severity o your reractive error and the thickness o your

cornea may require other procedures in order to obtain the best results.

Dr. Tayour will thoroughly discuss the procedure best suited to meet

your individual vision correction needs.

Young adults might consider phakic lenses like the Staar Implantable

Contact Lens. This procedure surgically implants a sot lens, very much

like a sot contact, over your natural lens.

Others who are extremely nearsighted or arsighted and who need

reading glasses may be good candidates or Clear Lens Lensectomy. This

procedure replaces your natural lens with an articial intraocular lens

customized or your prescription.

Options such as PRK (Photoreractive Keratectomy) may also be an

option or patients with other considerations.

FACT:More patients get to 20/20 vision and beyond with the IntraLase.


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From the Windsor/Detroit TunnelUpon exiting the tunnel, turn let onto Park Street then turn let again onto Ouellette Avenue. Continue on Ouellette Avenue or 1.5 mile(2.6km)until you reach Tecumseh Road, turn let continue or 1.5 miles (2.6 km)to Walker Road, turn right onto Walker Road, continuor 200 eet (60 m) to 2224 Walker Road - the South Walkerville Medical Centre (on the let).

From the Ambassador BridgeExit the bridge to Huron Church Road, travel south 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the E.C. Row Expressway East, continue on E.C. Row or 3.2miles (5.2 km) to the Walker Road Exit. Turn Let onto Walker Road and travel south 1.25 miles (2km) to 2224 Walker Road - the SoutWalkerville Medical Centre (on the right).

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