Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

It’s amazing to think of all the science and technology utilized for cataract surgery, from sophisticated biometry and preoperative surgical guidance and planning tools to the latest femtosecond lasers, phaco machines and multifocal IOLs.

In the cover story of this issue of Ocular Surgery News, we discuss the debate that has continued for almost 20 years on mechanical vs. laser microkeratomes for LASIK surgery.

If people with vision correction needs learned one thing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was that masks and glasses do not mix.

LAS VEGAS — Arcuate incisions made with a femtosecond laser reduce postoperative refractive astigmatism during cataract surgery, according to a study presented here.

Twelve months after treatment, there was no difference between femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and conventional phacoemulsification in any parameter evaluated, one researcher told Ocular Surgery News.

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — In this video from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Brandon D. Ayres, MD, discusses strategies surgeons can use when faced with complications during femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye 2021, Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD, discusses complicated cases she presented at the meeting and the role femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery played in their resolution.

In patients with dense cataracts, a grid-based femtosecond laser helped reduce corneal endothelial cell count loss during phacoemulsification, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

The most-read recent Healio/OSN blogs include thoughts about technology in ophthalmology and the use of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery after vitrectomy.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a device could automate even portions of cataract surgery, removing some of the unavoidable variability that occurs with the human hand?