title: Anterior Capsulotomy Outcomes: A Comparison Between Two Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery Platforms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare capsulotomy outcomes between two femtosecond laser platforms for cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective case series included 205 eyes of 162 consecutive patients (75 male and 87 female) aged 68.32 ± 10.27 years (range: 38 to 92 years) who underwent femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) using either the LenSx (Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX) or the Catalys (Abbott Medical Optics, Abbott Park, IL) laser platform. Intraoperative assessment of the capsulotomy was performed and graded as one of the following four types: complete treatment pattern (type 1), microadhesions (type 2), incomplete treatment pattern (type 3), and complete pattern but not continuous (type 4).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-seven eyes underwent FLACS using the LenSx platform and 108 eyes using the Catalys platform. Ninety-four capsulotomies in the LenSx group were graded as type 1 (96.91%), and three were graded as type 2 (3.09%); all capsulotomies in the Catalys group were graded as type 1 (100%). There was no statistically significant difference between the LenSx and Catalys groups (P > .05). No intraoperative complications (specifically, no posterior capsular extension or vitreous loss) were noticed in any of the eyes included in the study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The LenSx and Catalys laser platforms demonstrate similar capsulotomy outcomes. The microadhesions that were demonstrated in three cases in the LenSx group did not lead to intraoperative or postoperative complications.
authors.forename: Seth M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pantanelli
authors.forename: Vasilios F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Diakonis
authors.forename: Zaina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Al-Mohtaseb
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabot
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yesilirmak
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kounis
authors.forename: Ibrahim O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Sayed-Ahmed
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waren
authors.forename: Sonia H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Kendall E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057866:Anterior Capsule of the Lens / Q000601:surgery*; D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology