title: High Rate of Early Posterior Capsule Opacification following Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the rates of rapid posterior capsule opacification (PCO) formation in the first 3 months following femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) to manual anterior capsulorhexis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of 29 cases of FLACS, comparing the rates of PCO in the first 3 months following surgery to 50 consecutive cases of manual anterior capsulorhexis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven of the 29 FLACS cases developed PCO requiring capsulotomy at 3 months, while none of the control cases required a capsulotomy over the same time period (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an increased incidence of early-onset PCO following the use of femtosecond laser in cataract surgery that is otherwise unfounded in manual capsulorhexis. This suggests that the use of a femtosecond laser could increase the risk of this novel postoperative complication.
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rostami
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA; Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, Calif., USA; Ottawa Eye Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: Rustum
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karanjia
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA; Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lu
keywords: Cataract; Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery; Posterior capsule opacification