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A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery
The use of femtosecond laser surgery improves the precision and reproducibility of corneal incisions and the capsular opening; it also reduces the amount of ultrasound energy required for lens nucleus work-up. The rate of complications reported so far appears to be low. There are a number of contrai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28188490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-017-0080-z |
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description | The use of femtosecond laser surgery improves the precision and reproducibility of corneal incisions and the capsular opening; it also reduces the amount of ultrasound energy required for lens nucleus work-up. The rate of complications reported so far appears to be low. There are a number of contraindications such as a history of cornea and/or glaucoma surgery and certain anatomical features like deep-set eyes, kyphosis, tremor, and obesity. Visual recovery and refractive results of both techniques are excellent. Comparing laser cataract surgery (LCS) with manual cataract surgery (conventional phacoemulsification) based on meta-analysis currently reveals slight differences in refractive and visual outcome. Both methods are extremely successful and safe. LCS is a technique still on the rise, with its full potential not yet tapped. |
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spelling | pubmed-54492992017-06-15 A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery Dick, H. Burkhard Schultz, Tim Ophthalmol Ther Review The use of femtosecond laser surgery improves the precision and reproducibility of corneal incisions and the capsular opening; it also reduces the amount of ultrasound energy required for lens nucleus work-up. The rate of complications reported so far appears to be low. There are a number of contraindications such as a history of cornea and/or glaucoma surgery and certain anatomical features like deep-set eyes, kyphosis, tremor, and obesity. Visual recovery and refractive results of both techniques are excellent. Comparing laser cataract surgery (LCS) with manual cataract surgery (conventional phacoemulsification) based on meta-analysis currently reveals slight differences in refractive and visual outcome. Both methods are extremely successful and safe. LCS is a technique still on the rise, with its full potential not yet tapped. Springer Healthcare 2017-02-10 2017-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5449299/ /pubmed/28188490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-017-0080-z Text en © The Author(s) 2017 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Review Dick, H. Burkhard Schultz, Tim A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title | A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title_full | A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title_fullStr | A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title_short | A Review of Laser-Assisted Versus Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery |
title_sort | review of laser-assisted versus traditional phacoemulsification cataract surgery |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28188490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-017-0080-z |
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