Top five fact vs. fiction analysis of femtosecond laser cataract surgery

More than 3 million Americans undergo cataract surgery each year, with more than half of them older than 65 years. Cataract surgery as we know it today is one of the safest and most commonly performed surgeries in the United States. The challenges faced by ophthalmologists are higher expectations from our patients because cataract surgery today is treated like refractive surgery and the financial pressures of obtaining advanced technology to meet these expectations.Our newest armamentarium of technology includes advanced IOLs (aspheric, toric, multifocal, accommodating), femtosecond lasers (limbal relaxing incisions, clear (Read more...)

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