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Femtosecond laser cataract surgery procedure shows promising results
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 Gerd Auffarth |
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Preliminary results using a femtosecond laser procedure to assist in select stages of cataract surgery demonstrated safety and efficacy in performing anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation.
"This technology enables the cataract steps to be performed in a precise and reproducible manner, under real-time [optical coherence tomography] control," Gerd Auffarth, MD, said at the winter meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
In a multicenter, multisurgeon clinical feasibility study, 25 eyes underwent anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation using the Customlens procedure (Technolas Perfect Vision) during cataract surgery.
"All procedures were uneventful," Dr. Auffarth said. "The capsulotomy was performed with a high degree of predictability and accuracy, leading to better IOL positioning and overlap. Lens fragmentation with the femtosecond laser was efficient and safe, reducing the final phaco energy required to remove the lens."
The Customlens software is available on the Technolas femtosecond workstation and will be commercially available before the end of 2011.
- Disclosure: Dr. Auffarth is a consultant for Technolas Perfect Vision.