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The application of femtosecond lasers in cataract surgery consistent capsulotomy and a significant reduction in
allows creation of automated corneal incisions, anterior phacoemulsification energy requirements,35 have the
capsulotomy, and lens fragmentation.1 Ultrashort-pulse potential to improve refractive outcomes.
femtosecond lasers operate at near infrared wavelengths Despite reports of the safety and efficacy of femto-
and can be focused precisely at predetermined depths second laserassisted cataract surgery in a noncom-
using advanced imaging technology to photodisrupt parative large consecutive case series,6 surgeons
optically clear tissues while preventing collateral tissue remain concerned about adopting this technology
damage.2 The advantages of this technology over and about the potential learning curve.7 To date, there
conventional phacoemulsification, including a more have been no large comparative cohort or randomized
studies in the peer-reviewed literature. In this study, Preoperatively, all patients were instructed to instill topical
we analyzed a large cohort of patients from a single ketorolac and topical chloramphenicol for the 2 days preced-
ing the procedure. After admission on the day of surgery, all
center to compare intraoperative complication rates
patients received topical anesthesia and their pupil was
between femtosecond laserassisted cataract surgery dilated with a gel formulation consisting of phenylephrine
and conventional manual phacoemulsification cata- 2.5%, cyclopentolate 1.0%, tropicamide 1.0%, lidocaine hydro-
ract surgery. chloride jelly 2.0% (Xylocaine), and diclofenac 0.1%.
Number (%)
reviewed research studies have yet to compare the the femtosecond laserassisted group. The only
complication rates of femtosecond laserassisted cata- improvement in the second half of femtosecond
ract surgery with concurrent phacoemulsification laserassisted cataract surgery cases was a significant
cataract surgery, unlike our study of prospective reduction in anterior capsulotomy tags, which was
comparative cohorts. Case mix might account for the likely the result of a software upgrade that reduced
differences between surgeons; therefore, we recom- capsulotomy time considerably, resulting in a lower
mend using objective measures of cataract densitom- chance of aberrant pulses due to eye movements.15
etry as has been previously reported.3,8,10 This suggests that the capsule complications of femto-
In both surgery groups, none of the eyes in which a second laserassisted cataract surgery in our study
complication occurred were noted perioperatively to were not related to the surgeon learning curve but
have risk factors, such as a weak zonule, a shallow rather to other effects that may be patient- or
anterior chamber, a small pupil, high vitreous pres- surgery-related, as we have previously published.15
sure, or poor visibility during surgery.11,12 We also All cases of capsule tears were reviewed and deemed
found no difference in cataract grade and age between to occur within the normal limits of a standard phaco-
the 2 groups, and patients with complications were no emulsification procedure. In other words, no extra
more likely to be older or have denser cataracts than stress to the capsule edge or accidental/inadvertent
those without complications. pressure from instrumental movements was applied
In a study by Roberts et al.,6 femtosecond laseras- beyond what would normally be expected in a stan-
sisted cataract surgery complication rates decreased dard case.
after an initial combined learning curve of 200 cases. After more than 4000 cases, we can conclude that
The reduction in complicated cases was likely the the rate of posterior capsule tear was not statistically
result of improvements in surgeon technique and significantly different between our femtosecond
experience. In that study, anterior capsule tears were laserassisted cataract surgery and phacoemulsifica-
more likely to result from a microtag being stretched tion cataract surgery cohorts, even though the result
and torn during intracapsular manipulation, and the was numerically greater in the femtosecond laser
authors recommended switching to high magnifica- cohort. Posterior capsule tears, unlike anterior
tion and inspecting the capsule edge before proceed- capsule tears, are more likely to affect the effective
ing to phacoemulsification. A recent study by lens position and hence the refractive outcome.16
Arbisser et al.13 suggests using a CCC (central dimple They also can have a significant effect on endothelial
down) technique for removing the femtosecond cell loss, glaucoma, cystoid macular edema, endoph-
laserassisted cataract surgery capsulotomy. All sur- thalmitis, and retinal detachment when anterior vit-
geons in our study were familiar with the alterations rectomy is required and surgical time prolonged.17
in intraoperative and capsule dynamics in femto- Patient satisfaction can also be hindered when signif-
second laserassisted cataract surgery and the icant procedural complications occur. The incidence
requirement for an adjustment of surgical maneu- of posterior capsule tears in the literature varies be-
vers.3,6,14 This may have been a factor in why we tween 0% and 4%.18 Our capsule complication rate
were unable to show a learning curve effect in our appears to be below the average reported in the liter-
femtosecond laserassisted cataract surgery cohort. ature,6,19,20 suggesting femtosecond laserassisted
In fact, just over 50% of anterior radial and posterior cataract surgery is as safe as phacoemulsification
capsule tears occurred in the second half of cases in cataract surgery in terms of posterior capsule
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