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Publication Exclusive: Surgeon — Give up the surgical limbus and use clear cornea instead
Femtosecond laser entry into the cataract surgery arena had a positive influence on the key steps of cataract surgery, namely anterior capsulotomy, softening of the lens nucleus, lens fragmentation and self-sealing corneal incisions. A full-thickness corneal incision is a must for cataract surgery in order to gain access to the cataractous lens nucleus and surrounding cortex and to implant an IOL within the capsular bag. In doing so, there can be induced iatrogenic corneal astigmatism. Ophthalmic surgeons have long focused on decreasing the size and location of corneal incisions to (Read more...)