Femtolaser Cataract Surgery

Cataract Surgery has seen incredible changes in the last 100 years. Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract Surgery is the latest innovation in the field of Anterior Segment Surgery, a technique that allows surgeons to achieve amazing refractive results.

This textbook is addressed to all Surgeons, Phacoemulsification Experts and young Ophthalmologists, as a guide to the new experiene with Femto-cataract. The first part will explain how we went from Reclinatio, through ICCE, ECCE and Phacoemulsification, to Femto-cataract surgery, the physics of the Femtosecond Laser and the environment of Femto-cataract Laser.

LenSx (Alcon), Victus (Bausch & Lomb), Lens AR (Topcon), Catalys (Abbott) and LDV Z8 (Ziemer) are the Femto-cataract Lasers actually in commerce. The authors, pioneers of the technique, will share their knowledge and experience, describing tricks for the learning curve, complicated cases and showing general advantages and disadvantages of the technique.