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Femtosecond laser-assisted bimanual microincision cataract surgery is more efficient with regard to ultrasound power and effective phacoemulsification time than femtosecond laser-assisted coaxial phacoemulsification, according to study.
In a prospective randomized study, 25 patients underwent bimanual MICS with two 1-mm incisions and 25 patients underwent coaxial phacoemulsification with a 1-mm paracentesis and 2.2-mm principal incision. The LenSx femtosecond laser (Alcon) was used to create incisions, perform capsulotomies and fragment lenses in all cases.
Mean patient age was 67.6 years in the MICS group and 70.5 years in the coaxial incision group.
Investigators evaluated visual, refractive and anatomic outcomes, as well as complications at 1 month postoperatively.
Mean postoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity at 1 month was 0.27 in the MICS group and 0.26 in the coaxial phacoemsulsification group. Mean postoperative corrected distance visual acuity was 0.20 in the MICS group and 0.15 in the coaxial group.
Mean postoperative spherical equivalent was –0.26 in the MICS group and –0.33 in the coaxial group.
Mean ultrasound power was 1.8% in the MICS group and 14.7% in the coaxial incision group; the between-group difference was statistically significant (P < .001).
Mean effective phacoemulsification time was 1.5 seconds in the MICS group and 4.5 seconds in the coaxial group (P = .002).
Both groups had similar corneal thickness, endothelial cell counts, macular thickness and complications.
Disclosure: The study authors have no relevant financial disclosures.
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