Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in pediatric patients

Publication date: Available online 11 January 2018 Source:Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Author(s): Claudia Corredor-Ortega, Roberto Gonzalez-Salinas, María José Montero, Rocío González-Flores, Allan Collura–Merlier, Guadalupe Cervantes-Coste, Erick Mendoza-Schuster, Cecilio Velasco-Barona Pediatric cataract surgery poses a significant challenge for the cataract surgeon, in part because an elastic anterior capsule can make capsulorhexis difficult. With the use of femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery (FLACS), however, the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis can be made with predictable size, circular shape, centration, and accuracy. In addition, topical anesthesia can be used for the FLACS docking procedure in cooperative children above 6 years of age, using transparent adhesive polyurethane film segments.
Source: Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research