It is hard to believe that 17 years have passed since Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, PhD, performed the first femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery procedure worldwide.
At the time, the main advantages of the procedure over conventional cataract surgery included greater predictability and reproducibility of the capsulotomy and corneal incision (Nagy et al.).
Laser cataract surgery has evolved since 2008. Studies from the early years of the technology demonstrated improvements in outcomes, but there was still room for growth in fluidics, nucleus fragmentation and overall efficiency. More recent