Combined Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery and 27-Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy

Purpose. To report the outcomes of combined surgery using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and sutureless 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal tamponade. Methods. This retrospective clinical study involved 23 eyes of 23 patients on whom combined vitreoretinal surgery w...

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Published in:Journal of ophthalmology 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-6
Main Authors: Avci, Remzi, Yilmaz, Sami, Yildiz, Aysegul Mavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Cataract
Cataracts
Cornea
Diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy
Eye surgery
Intraocular lenses
Laboratories
Lasers
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Retina
Retinal detachment
Statistical analysis
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
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Summary:Purpose. To report the outcomes of combined surgery using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and sutureless 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal tamponade. Methods. This retrospective clinical study involved 23 eyes of 23 patients on whom combined vitreoretinal surgery was performed. Patients were initially given the femtosecond laser treatment that was performed after selection of capsulotomy and lens fragmentation patterns. The capsulotomy diameter was chosen as 4.9 mm in all patients. After the femtosecond laser, the sutureless phacovitrectomy procedure was performed. At the end of surgery, perfluoropropane or sterile air tamponade was applied. Results. The mean age of patients was 66.43 ± 7.61 (range, 54–83) years. Fifteen patients were females (65.2%). The mean follow-up was 16.09 ± 4.71 (range, 9–25) months. The most common surgical indication was epiretinal membrane (65.3%). The mean preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.71 ± 0.44 (range, 1.7–0.3) logMAR, and the mean postoperative BCVA at 6 months was 0.16 ± 0.14 (range, 0.4–0) logMAR p
ISSN:2090-004X
2090-0058
DOI:10.1155/2020/7651941