Sterile laser-assisted cataract surgery, or SLACS, is the new frontier of minimally invasive femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.
The procedure can be performed in one setting under sterile conditions without moving the patient from place to place. It also expands the advantages of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) by allowing the surgeon to more efficiently use the laser intraoperatively as a surgical tool.
To learn more about this approach, Healio interviewed Wendell J. Scott, MD, who trademarked the term SLACS, and H. Burkhard Dick, MD, PhD, a pioneer of FLACS.