Femtosecond laser–assisted intraocular lens exchange
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nicole R. Fram; Samuel Masket; Don Pham; Hasan Alsetri
- Source
- Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 47:e84-e87
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Materials science
genetic structures
medicine.medical_treatment
Visual Acuity
Intraocular lens
Lens Implantation, Intraocular
Ophthalmology
Lens, Crystalline
medicine
Humans
In patient
Anterior capsulotomy
Lenses, Intraocular
Lasers
equipment and supplies
Anterior capsule contraction
Laser assisted
eye diseases
Sensory Systems
Anterior capsule
Femtosecond
Capsulotomy
Surgery
Laser Therapy
sense organs
- Language
- ISSN
- 1873-4502
0886-3350
Intraocular lens (IOL) exchange in patients with anterior capsule contraction resulting from phimosis can complicate IOL exchange as the fibrotic anterior capsule must be cut to gain access to the IOL. Maintaining curvilinear capsulotomy is particularly important when the desired outcome is bag-to-bag IOL exchange. Similarly, when the posterior capsule is open, properly sized curvilinear anterior capsulotomy will allow for optic capture and further stability of the exchanged IOL. Secondary capsulotomy size ranged from 4.9 to 5.0 mm, and the energy was set at 4 to 10 μJ depending on diffusiveness of the anterior capsule. The femtosecond laser was adapted to create a secondary anterior capsulotomy to facilitate IOL exchange.