What are the advantages/disadvantages of having the same surgeon perform both the femto and phaco portions of cataract surgery?

Patients are usually most aware of who is doing the laser portion of the cataract procedure because he or she is less sedated and wears no drape to cover the other eye. It is the more frightening part of the procedure. Having a single surgeon perform all aspects of the procedure is the cleanest way to proceed because the patient has a bond with one surgeon and has little question as to who actually did the surgery.From a patient’s perspective, it is all a part of the same procedure. Patients (Read more...)

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