Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery successful in initial pediatric cases

The initial pediatric cases of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery demonstrated that the technology has great potential in young patients, according to one surgeon. “Infants and children are the real winners of the femto technology,” H. Burkhard Dick, MD, OSN Europe Edition Associate Editor, told Ocular Surgery News. “Capsulotomy, the most challenging step of pediatric cataract surgery, becomes safe, much easier and reproducible.”

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