Shared access may be ideal model for surgeons to gain experience with femto cataract surgery

There is no way to write a commentary on femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, or FLACS, without alienating many, including close friends and colleagues in practice and industry whom I work with on a daily basis. Unfortunately, that is the task at hand, and as Chief Medical Editor of one of the most widely read publications in ophthalmology, I cannot duck the responsibility.Working together with Sightpath Medical, I acquired one of the first 10 LenSx lasers (Alcon) about 2 years ago. None of my partners at Minnesota Eye Consultants were interested (Read more...)

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