Refractive

Another First for Slade & Baker Vision Center – Only FDA Approved laser for PRK in our clinic!

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Another first for Slade & Baker Vision Center! Good news for our patients: The Alcon Wavelight laser is now FDA approved for PRK. We were lead investigators in this trial for FDA approval and have been using the Wavelight laser for many years. Our doctors and staff were recognized for our commitment and perseverance as…

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An incredible patient letter to Dr. Slade

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Dear Dr. Slade, Back in 1989 or 1990, when I was 19 or 20 yrs old, I was considered legally blind ( -10 & -11 eyesight). My glasses were like coke bottles and my contacts had to be specially ordered. I had gone to several eye doctors and all of them said they could do…

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New Device that could mean Improved Visual Outcomes after Refractive Surgery – Dr. Slade – first in Texas!

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Dr. Walton – To add to our list of “firsts” here at Slade & Baker Vision Center… Yesterday, on Wednesday Oct 12th 2016, Dr. Stephen Slade was one of the first two surgeons in Texas (and in the top 4 in the US!) to use the Holos device which is part of an effort to continually improve our…

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Not a LASIK candidate? Severely Nearsighted? Call us! Personal patient story about ICL surgery.

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Chris was severely nearsighted. The prescription in his glasses was so strong that he finally got tired of the distortion from his lenses. It was so hard for him to see.  In his hometown of Shreveport, Chris went to his local eye doctor for his vision exam and the doctor decided he should come to…

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New SMILE procedure, a LASIK alternative offered in Houston, Texas at Slade & Baker Vision Center

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When heavily immersed in a profession, you sometimes lose sight of what outsiders and the public may think about the surgeries and patients you are around daily. This happens to all of us lucky staff members at Slade & Baker Vision Center. We were the first clinical trial site in all of Texas to provide…

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A Surgeon’s Perspective on ICL: Implantable Collamer Lens

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Oh What a Vault! If any of you are like me, you are already feeling withdrawl symptoms now that the Olympics are over. My whole family loves to crowd around the TV once every 4 years to watch new Olympians become our heroes. Did anyone see McKayla Maroney do the vault? She skied to unbelievable…

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