A Comparison of Different Operating Systems for Femtosecond Lasers in Cataract Surgery.
The introduction of femtosecond lasers is potentially a major shift in the way we approach cataract surgery. The development of increasingly sophisticated intraocular lenses (IOLs), coupled with heightened patient expectation of high quality postsurgical visual outcomes, has generated the need for a more precise, highly reproducible and standardized method to carry out cataract operations. As femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) becomes more commonplace in surgical centers, further evaluation of the potential risks and benefits needs to be established, particularly in the medium/long term effects. Healthcare administrators will also have to weigh and balance out the financial costs of these lasers relative to the advantages they put forth. In this review, we provide an operational overview of three of five femtosecond laser platforms that are currently commercially available: the Catalys (USA), the Victus (USA), and the LDV Z8 (Switzerland).
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857 ; Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, The Academia, 20 College Road, Discovery Tower Level 6, Singapore 169856.
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Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, The Academia, 20 College Road, Discovery Tower Level 6, Singapore 169856 ; Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597.
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Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, The Academia, 20 College Road, Discovery Tower Level 6, Singapore 169856 ; Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751 ; Ophthalmology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857 ; Department of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.
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