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OSN round table: How to become a better femtosecond laser cataract surgeon

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At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Ocular Surgery News gathered an international panel of experts to discuss their experiences with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, with the objective of improving the procedure. The first part of that wide-ranging discussion, moderated by William B. Trattler, MD, is featured in this issue of OSN.

William B. Trattler, MD: We are all experienced femtosecond-assisted cataract surgeons, and each of us has worked with one or more of the available femtosecond laser platforms. The first topic for discussion is educating patients on laser cataract surgery.

Mark Cherny, MD: A key part of my communication with my patients is to explain to them that we are privileged to have access in our center to this laser technology that I believe adds to the safety of the surgery and that I believe I should be doing this for all of my patients. We have been able to make it affordable. One hundred percent of my cataract patients are scheduled for laser.

Click here to read the full cover story published in Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition, December 10, 2014.