Comparing the intraoperative complication rate of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery to traditional phacoemulsification

• 作者: Christian Swinney Mindy Chen Ming Chen
• 来源期刊: 国际眼科杂志：英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: FEMTOSECOND laser CATARACT SURGERY CATARACT SURGERY complications PHACOEMULSIFICATION
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（1）
• 页码范围: 201-203
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R779.66

摘要

AIM: To compare the complication rate of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery(FLACS) and traditional phacoemulsification for the first 18 mo of FLACS use at a private surgical center in Hawaii.METHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted from January 2012 to June 2013. The first 273 consecutive eyes receiving FLACS and 553 eyes receiving traditional phacoemulsification were examined.All surgeries were performed at a single surgical center in Hawaii. The presence of intraoperative complications was used as the main outcome measure. Approval was obtained from the institutional review board of the University of Hawaii.RESULTS: The overall complication rate for FLACS was 1.8%, while that of the traditional procedure was5.8%(P 【0.05). A majority of the surgeons(80%) had a lower complication rate while using FLACS.CONCLUSION: FLACS is comparable in safety, if not safer, than traditional cataract surgery when performed by qualified cataract surgeons on carefully selected patients.