Complicated cases bring out the best in femtosecond laser cataract surgery

BARCELONA — While most surgeons are still using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery only in standard cases, in which no significant difference from classic phaco has yet been demonstrated, the true advantages are in a wide range of complicated cases, according to José L. Güell, MD.At a symposium on femtosecond laser cataract during the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, he showed examples of several situations in which laser makes the difference for the surgeon and the eye he or she is operating on.

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