title: [Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery].
abstract: Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery is a major technological innovation. The femtosecond laser, during a pretreatment step, helps to prepare the patient's eye for the surgery proper by creating corneal incisions, anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation in an automated fashion. Thus, these steps can be performed with precision and reproducibility, and lens fragmentation reduces the amount of ultrasound required during surgery. Drawbacks of this technology are a longer operating time, a more demanding surgical procedure and a much higher cost for patients and surgical centers. New models of organization in the operating room, patient flow, and financial systems have to be designed to adapt this procedure to our practice. The benefits of this technology should make it an essential tool in the future, provided that cataract surgery can be reconsidered logistically and economically.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie III, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) 503, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trinh
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie III, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) 503, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Inserm UMRS968, institut de la vision, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris-6, 4, 17 rue Moreau, 75012, Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denoyer
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie III, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) 503, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Auclin
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie III, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) 503, Centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Inserm UMRS968, institut de la vision, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris-6, 4, 17 rue Moreau, 75012, Paris; Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, université Versailles - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 55, avenue de Paris, 78000 Versailles, France. Electronic address: cbaudouin@15-20.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baudouin
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D048988:Corneal Surgery, Laser / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000191:economics; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008846:Micromanipulation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000191:economics
keywords: Cataract; Cataract surgery; Cataracte; Chirurgie de cataracte; Cristallin; Femtocataract; Femtocataracte; Femtosecond laser; Laser femtoseconde; Lens