PARIS — In a series of 125 patients looking at the precision of capsulotomies created with the CAPSULaser compared with manual technique before routine cataract surgery, Erik L. Mertens, MD, FEBOphth, of Medipolis Eye Centre in Antwerp, Belgium, found the selective laser capsulotomy technique to be better in sizing accuracy, circularity and centration.
The difference in techniques was statistically significant in all three areas (all P < .05).
In the CAPSULaser (Excel-Lens) technique, the laser is selectively absorbed in a trypan blue-stained capsule that creates a strong,
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