Comparison of ultrasound phacoemulsification and FemtoMatrix^® PhotoEmulsification^® cataract surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To introduce a novel technology currently under final development before regulatory approvals for the furtherment of cataract surgery, using the FemtoMatrix^® laser system, and to demonstrate its safety and efficacy as compared to standard ultrasound phacoemulsification.

Methods

Thirty-three patients with bilateral cataracts were operated on with one eye undergoing PhotoEmulsification^® treatment on the FemtoMatrix^® device and the contralateral eye receiving the control procedure, i.e., standard ultrasound phacoemulsification treatment. The number of "zero-phaco" procedures (denoting that I/A alone was sufficient to aspirate the lens fragments and that no ultrasound energy was needed) was recorded and Effective Phaco Time (EPT) values

SUBMITTER: de Saint Jean A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149859 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature