Visual outcomes with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus conventional cataract surgery in toric IOL insertion

Background To evaluate the visual outcomes of femtosecond laser‐assisted cataract surgery (LCS) compared with phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS) in patients undergoing Toric IOL insertion. Design A non‐randomized, single surgeon, prospective, comparative cohort case series Participants Patie...

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Published in:Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2016-09, Vol.44 (7), p.570-573
Main Authors: Oakley, Carmen L, Ewe, Shaun Y, Allen, Penelope L, Vote, Brendan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cataract Extraction - methods
Cataracts
Eye surgery
Female
femtosecond laser
Humans
Laser Therapy - methods
Lasers
Lens Implantation, Intraocular
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Pseudophakia - physiopathology
toric intraocular lens
Vision, Binocular - physiology
Visual Acuity - physiology
visual outcomes
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Summary:Background To evaluate the visual outcomes of femtosecond laser‐assisted cataract surgery (LCS) compared with phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS) in patients undergoing Toric IOL insertion. Design A non‐randomized, single surgeon, prospective, comparative cohort case series Participants Patients undergoing LCS and PCS between January 2012 and July 2014 at a single center. Methods The LCS group underwent femtosecond laser pretreatment for the anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation. Otherwise standard phacoemulsification surgery and foldable toric intraocular lens insertion proceeded. Main Outcome Measures Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), pre and post operative cylinder and mean absolute refractive error. Results A total of 418 eyes from 323 patients were included in the study; with 95 eyes in the PCS group and 323 in the LCS group. There were 243 (75.5%) LCS eyes with a pre‐operative BCVA of 20/40 or better and 54 (56.8%) in the PCS group (p 
ISSN:1442-6404
1442-9071
DOI:10.1111/ceo.12739