OSN round table, part 2: How to become a better femtosecond laser cataract surgeon

At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Ocular Surgery News gathered an international panel of experts to discuss their experiences with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, with the objective of improving the procedure. The second part of that wide-ranging discussion, moderated by William B. Trattler, MD, is featured in this issue of OSN.William B. Trattler, MD: The femtosecond laser portion of the cataract procedure is relatively fast. Most surgeons perform femtosecond laser on their own patients in a procedure room or in the operating theater. However, higher volume surgeons can consider working with another surgeon, where one surgeon performs the femto procedure and a second surgeon performs the intraocular portion of the procedure. Over the past few months, I have had the opportunity to work with my father, who is also an ophthalmologist. He performs the femto portion of the procedure in one room, and I am able to perform the intraocular portion of the procedure, flipping between two rooms. We work together as a team.