In patients with dense cataracts, a grid-based femtosecond laser helped reduce corneal endothelial cell count loss during phacoemulsification, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Soon-Phaik Chee, MBBS, of the Singapore National Eye Center, and colleagues wrote that previous studies have shown the benefit of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery over manual phacoemulsification (PE). However, they were non-randomized studies and used the “stop and chop” method.
“When dealing with brunescent lenses, the most energy efficient technique