High-tech examinations, diagnosis, and treatment – with the patient’s welfare in mind.
Eye exams should be convenient and stress-free. Even more important, perhaps, is that your eye exam should be performed using the most advanced technology available. East Valley Ophthalmology is dedicated to consistently acquiring up-to-date eye care technologies and methods – to help you see your best and keep your eyes healthy. We make a deliberate and conscious commitment to offer the latest edge in eye care technology.
New developments in diagnosis and treatment lead to more appropriate, more effective, and more gentle care that’s individualized to your unique needs. Because our eye doctors are focused on providing the best care available, they can offer optimal outcomes as well as the best possible patient experience.
Setting the standard for low-stress eyecare
The most advanced eye care innovation and a personalized solution are just an appointment away.
Over the decades, East Valley Ophthalmology’s eye surgeons have played a significant role in shaping eye care in Arizona as we know it today. Using the best techniques and technologies, we strive to provide unsurpassed quality, precision, and comfort.
Below is a sampling of the advancements currently available in our office. Click on each section to view its contents:
Ellex Tango Reflex Laser – an advanced, single laser system that combines multiple treatment platforms: selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for glaucoma, laser vitreolysis for floaters, and capsulotomy and iridotomy treatments.
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty – A simple in-office procedure, selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) has been shown to lower IOP as effectively as medication, and to offer a consistent safety profile. Best of all, it is efficacious at every stage of the glaucoma treatment algorithm. On average, SLT achieves a 30% reduction in IOP when used as a first-line option. SLT achieves the desired therapeutic effect while avoiding the coagulative damage associated with argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT). Unlike ALT, it achieves a sustained IOP reduction over the long term and can be repeated if needed.
Laser Floater Removal – Laser vitreolysis involves the use of a nano-pulsed ophthalmic YAG laser to vaporize vitreous strands and opacities and does not carry the same risks of infection, bleeding, or retinal detachment that come with vitrectomy. With recent advancements in YAG laser technology, including Reflex Technology from Ellex, our ophthalmologists can now offer symptomatic floater patients treatment with laser vitreolysis, providing greater safety and efficacy than ever before.
Capsulotomy – Good IOL centration, in terms of the pupil, optimizes lens performance. In contrast, decentration can cause halos and poor vision. The goal is to achieve a perfectly centered, precise capsulotomy that will not affect the tension of the bag or the position of the IOL in the visual axis. A precise capsulotomy is essential for IOLs that correct presbyopia by implantation in the capsular bag of the posterior chamber. Tango Reflex creates a capsulotomy opening that is precisely controlled, without causing damage to the lens – even if the lack of a ridge makes the capsule adhere to the optic.
Iridotomy – With refractive IOLs, the iridotomy aperture must be large enough to ensure a balanced aqueous flow, yet small enough so that no light is transmitted back to the pupil, which can cause double vision. The Tango Reflex enables your eye doctor to create a precise size of the iridotomy, often in a single shot that uses lower energy than other YAG lasers.
Haag-Streit LENSTAR – precise measurement of the entire eye, from cornea to retina, is key to achieving optimal IOL prediction accuracy in surgery.
The first optical biometer to provide your eye surgeon with all the measurements necessary to take full advantage of the latest IOL prediction methods, such as the Hill-RBF Method, Barrett, and Olsen formulas.
In a single measurement scan using optical low coherence reflectometry (OLCR), Lenstar captures axial dimensions of all of the human eye’s optical structures. Lenstar also measures corneal curvature, white-to-white, and more.
Provides highly accurate laser optic measurements for every section of the eye − from the cornea to the retina − and is the first optical biometer on the market that can measure the thickness of the crystalline lens.
LensAR Laser System – the only femtosecond cataract laser explicitly built for refractive cataract surgery. Because it was designed from the ground up, every aspect of the laser has been purposefully designed to improve accuracy and reduce stress placed on the eye.
Simplified eye surgery through wireless integration with the Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer, iris registration, cataract density imaging, customized fragmentation patterns, and accurate incision planning at the laser.
Superior Imaging that provides a sophisticated 3-D reconstruction of the relevant anterior segment, allowing for precise laser delivery and the surgical confidence for accurate corneal incisions, free-floating capsulotomies, and efficient lens fragmentation for all grades.
By combining superior imaging of the anterior segment, precise laser placement, and efficient lenticular fragmentation, the LENSAR Laser enables a reduction in surgery time and up to a 100% reduction in the energy placed inside the eye.
Pentacam Eye Scanner – the “Gold Standard” worldwide for analyzing the anterior corneal surface and the posterior crystalline capsule.
Contact-free Pentacam measurements provide the basis for precise and reliable diagnostics and successful treatment of the anterior segment of the eye.
Highly sophisticated technology produces significant benefits for you, the patient, including the precise measurement of the central cornea, correction of eye movements, and an extremely short examination time of less than two seconds.
Provides 3-dimensional chamber analysis of the complete anterior segment of the eye, corneal topography of both the front and the back of the cornea, and thickness measurements across the entire diameter of the cornea. It can clearly detect corneal disorders such as keratoconus.
This remarkable device images the anterior segment of the eye by a rotating Scheimpflug camera that supplies pictures in three dimensions. The center of the cornea is measured with great precision. Minute eye movements are captured and corrected simultaneously. By measuring 25,000 true elevation points, a precise representation, retest reliability, and analysis are guaranteed.
Zeiss Atlas 9000 Topographer – the most sophisticated corneal topographer available to accurately measure the corneal surface of the human eye for advanced contact lens evaluation, pathology detection, and corneal refractive surgery management.
A corneal topographer is integral to our screening process for eye surgery at East Valley Ophthalmology. The topographer measures the cornea’s curvature and the eye’s front surface, comparing them to a perfect sphere. It then creates a color topographical map of this surface, highlighting the cornea’s curvature and quantifying astigmatism present in the cornea. The most significant advantage of corneal topography is its ability to detect irregular conditions of your cornea that are invisible to most conventional testing. And because the computer can save your exam information, your eye doctor can monitor any changes to your cornea and/or corneal stability over time.
The Zeiss Cirrus HD-OCT analyzes a single pathology from multiple views, providing comprehensive insight and analysis.
Tightly spaced B-scans ensure that small areas of pathology are imaged.
In less advanced technology, scans spaced further apart may miss the central fovea.
Millions of data points are fed into the Zeiss proprietary algorithms for accurate segmentation, reproducible measurements, and registration for change analysis.
When the scan is placed near the fovea or optic nerve, the software automatically centers the measurements after the scan is captured.
Data can be viewed from all angles, with 3D rendering, OCT fundus images, and Advanced Visualization.
East Valley Ophthalmology is a forward-thinking practice among the region’s most technologically advanced eye care teams. This means more accurate diagnoses, the best possible outcomes, and a second-to-none patient experience.
