Effect of pre-fragmentation on efficacy and safety for phacoemulsification in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: a non-randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ultrasound energy during phacoemulsification results in the endothelial cell loss of cornea. Crystallin lens fragmentation with softening before phacoemulsification can be used with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) device.

Methods

This non-randomized clinical trial included patients who underwent cataract surgery and not had corneal opacity. Patients who were not possible to apply the interface on the ocular surface, were excluded. Each subject was allowed to decide the surgical method by himself/herself. Cataract surgery was performed with FLACS (groups I and II) or conventional surgical technique (group III). The FLACS group was further subdivided into two groups according to whether a lens softening procedure was performed (group I) or not (g

SUBMITTER: Whang WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature