title: A retrospective randomized study to compare the energy delivered using CDE with different techniques and OZil settings by different surgeons in phacoemulsification.
abstract: Cumulative dissipated energy (CDE) was used with Infiniti((R)) Vision System (Alcon Labs) as an energy delivery guide to compare four different phaco techniques and phaco settings. The supracapsular phaco technique and burst mode is known for efficiency and surgery is faster compared with the old phaco unit. In this study, we found that supracapsular phaco with burst mode had the least CDE in both cataract and nuclear sclerosis cataract with the new Infiniti((R)) unit. We suggest that CDE can be used as one of the references to modify technique and setting to improve outcome for surgeons, especially for new surgeons.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. mingchen@hawaii.rr.com
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Henry W
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authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luke
authors.forename: Mindy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mathew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
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