Another First for Slade & Baker Vision Center – Only FDA Approved laser for PRK in our clinic!
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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Give yourself the gift of VISION this Holiday Season with your FLEX Spending Dollars! Schedule your free LASIK evaluation today!
LASIK: A Holiday gift to yourself! It’s that time of year again. We just passed Halloween…and Thanksgiving…Christmas decorations are already up….and Christmas songs are flooding our ears! Maybe you should be more pro-active like those little elves that hang the Christmas lights so early. Give yourself the gift you know you need more than anything…
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An incredible patient letter to Dr. Slade
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!
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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Proof you should ditch those glasses and contact lenses! Come in for a Free LASIK evaluation today! New Study results reveal safety and efficacy of LASIK.
This month, a new study in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery looked at articles published between 2008 and 2015, so that it represented modern LASIK, and not the original iterations. The study title is “Modern Laser in Situ Keratomileusis Outcomes.” Key clinical findings related to LASIK efficacy and safety were extracted from the relevant studies and determined:…
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Looking for LASIK options? Announcing new, exciting FDA Approval of SMILE procedure!
UPDATE: FDA Approval of VisuMax Femtosecond Laser to Treat Myopia! Carl Zeiss Meditec and Slade & Baker Vision Center have been conducting a research study on this new laser procedure, SMILE, designed to correct nearsightedness and astigmatism. SMILE is an alternative to LASIK and designed to accomplish the same visual result as the LASIK procedure….
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History made at Slade & Baker Vision Center. BREAKING NEWS for Near Vision! First Raindrop presbyopia correcting surgery outside of Clinical Trials!
Here are some pictures from yesterday’s live streamed surgery which occurred right in our operating room at Slade & Baker Vision Center! Dr. Stephen Slade performed the first Raindrop corneal inlay surgery to correct near vision (presbyopia patient) outside of the FDA US clinical trials yesterday at 10:00 AM CST right in Houston, Texas! Below…
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This is something you can’t buy. Your eyes are so precious. – a Botched LASIK Patient’s Journey to Slade & Baker Vision Center
LESSON OF THE DAY For LASIK or other eye issues, go to doctors who truly know what they’re doing and who truly care about their patients. Approximately 15 years ago, Liz G. was teaching students at a school in Austin and she couldn’t see. She decided she wanted LASIK. This is where her journey began….
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A LASIK Alternative. “The actual procedure lasted maybe 1 min or 2. The procedure changed my life.” – Visumax SMILE Patient
“I had my LASIK/SMILE surgery about 2.5 weeks ago at Slade & Baker. I have extremely high myopia (about -9) and astigmatism (-3). I went to a few other doctors before I went to slade & baker, they all told me I wasn’t a good candidate for LASIK and my option was ICL which would…
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Sick of your reading glasses? Breaking news for Near Vision Correction and Presbyopia. New Corneal inlay is FDA approved.
After years of what felt like ZERO options, adults with presbyopia now have an amazing NEW, FDA approved option to correct their Near Vision without ruining their distance vision. Last week, it was announced that the FDA has now approved a 10 minute procedure in the US that could rid you of having to wear…
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