1. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in pediatric patients
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Rocío González-Flores, Allan Collura–Merlier, Roberto Gonzalez-Salinas, Claudia Corredor-Ortega, Cecilio Velasco-Barona, Guadalupe Cervantes-Coste, Erick Mendoza-Schuster, and María José Montero
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pseudophakia ,genetic structures ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Visual Acuity ,Cataract Extraction ,Refraction, Ocular ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Topical anesthesia ,Lens Implantation, Intraocular ,Tetracaine ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Anesthetics, Local ,Child ,Capsulorhexis ,business.industry ,fungi ,food and beverages ,Cataract surgery ,Laser assisted ,Centration ,eye diseases ,Anterior capsule ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Femtosecond ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Laser Therapy ,sense organs ,Pediatric cataract ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Anesthesia, Local - Abstract
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. more...
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- 2018
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