ORLANDO — Performing phacoemulsification with lower infusion pressure was beneficial for patients, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
In a study, patients were randomly assigned to undergo surgery with an infusion pressure of 28 mm Hg in one eye and 65 mm Hg in the fellow eye.
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“We looked at intraoperative events like the use of phacoemulsification, and it turns out that the cumulative dissipated energy, CDE, was significantly less when we used lower infusion pressure,” Healio | OSN Associate Medical Editor John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, of