Clinical and Surgical Outcomes of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (FLACS) on Hard Cataracts in the Egyptian Population

References

• Trikha S, Turnbull AM, Morris RJ, Anderson DF, Hossain P. The journey to femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: new beginnings or false dawn? Eye. 2013;27(4):461–473. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.293
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brian G, Taylor H. Cataract blindness – challenges for the 21st century. Bull World Health Org. 2001;79:249–256.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nagy Z, Takacs A, Filkorn T, Sarayba M. Initial clinical evaluation of an intraocular femtosecond laser in cataract surgery. J Refract Surg. 2009;25(12):1053–1060. doi:10.3928/1081597X-20091117-04
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Conrad-Hengerer I, Al Juburi M, Schultz T, Hengerer FH, Dick HB. Corneal endothelial cell loss and corneal thickness in conventional compared with femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery: three-month follow-up. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013;39(9):1307–1313.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Uy HS, Edwards K, Curtis N. Femtosecond phacoemulsification: the business and the medicine. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2012;23(1):33–39. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834cd622
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abell RG, Vote BJ. Cost-effectiveness of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Ophthalmology. 2014;121(1):10–16. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.07.056.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ratkay-Traub I, Ferincz IE, Juhasz T, Kurtz RM, Krueger RR. First clinical results with the femtosecond neodymium-glass laser in refractive surgery. J Refract Surg. 2003;19(2):94–103.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bali SJ, Hodge C, Lawless M, Roberts TV, Sutton G. Early experience with the femtosecond laser for cataract surgery. Ophthalmology. 2012;119(5):891–899. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.12.025
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bissen-Miyajima H, Hirasawa M, Nakamura K, Ota Y, Minami K. Safety and reliability of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery for Japanese eyes. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2018;62(2):226–230. doi: 10.1007/s10384-017-0553-6.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lundström M, Dickman M, Henry Y, et al. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgeries reported to the European registry of quality outcomes for cataract and refractive surgery: baseline characteristics, surgical procedure, and outcomes. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2017;43(12):1549–1556. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2017.09.029
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ranjini H, Murthy PR, Murthy GJ, Murthy VR. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus 2.2 mm clear corneal phacoemulsification. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017;65(10):942–948. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_152_17
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Day AC, Lau NM, Stevens JD. Non penetrating femtosecond laser intrastromal astigmatic keratotomy in eyes having cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2016;42(1):102–109. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.07.045
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chan TC, Ng AL, Cheng GP, Wang Z, Woo VC, Jhanji V. Corneal astigmatism and aberrations after combined femtosecond-assisted phacoemulsification and arcuate keratotomy: two-year results. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016;170:83–90. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2016.07.022
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Al-Mohtaseb Z, He X, Yesilirmak N, Waren D, Donaldson KE. Comparison of corneal endothelial cell loss between two femtosecond laser platforms and standard phacoemulsification. J Refract Surg. 2017;33(10):708–712. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20170731-01.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krarup T, Ejstrup R, Mortensen A, la Cour M, Holm LM. Comparison of refractive predictability and endothelial cell loss in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and conventional phaco surgery: prospective randomised trial with 6 months of follow-up. BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2019;4(1):e000233. doi: 10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000233.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ranka M, Donnenfeld ED. Femtosecond laser will be the standard method for cataract extraction ten years from now. Surv Ophthalmol. 2015;60(4):356–360. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.02.001.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abell RG, Kerr NM, Vote BJ. Toward zero effective phacoemulsification time using femtosecond laser pretreatment. Ophthalmology. 2013;120(5):942–948. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.11.045
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen M, Swinney C, Chen M. Comparing the intraoperative complication rate of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery to traditional phacoemulsification. Int J Ophthalmol. 2015;8(1):201–203. doi:10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2015.01.34
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cavallini GM, Fornasari E, De Maria M, Lazzerini A, Campi L, Verdina T. Bimanual femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery compared to standard bimanual phacoemulsification: a case–control study. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019;29(6):629–635. doi:10.1177/1120672118805323
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yong WW, Chai HC, Shen L, Manotosh R, Tan WT. Comparing outcomes of phacoemulsification with femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery in patients with fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2018;196:173–180. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.08.006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhu Y, Chen X, Chen P, et al. Lens capsule-related complications of femtosecond laser–assisted capsulotomy versus manual capsulorhexis for white cataracts. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2019;45(3):337–342. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2018.10.037.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Conrad-Hengerer I, Hengerer FH, Joachim SC, Schultz T, Dick HB. Femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery in intumescent white cataracts. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014;40(1):44–50. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.08.044
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schultz T, Joachim SC, Kuehn M, Dick HB. Changes in prostaglandin levels in patients undergoing femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery. J Refract Surg. 2013;29(11):742–747. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20131021-03.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ibrahim T, Goernert P, Rocha G. The role of iris color in femtosecond laser-induced miosis in patients undergoing cataract surgery. Ann Clin Ophthalmol. 2017;1(1):1001.
   Google Scholar
• Pajic B, Vastardis I, Gatzioufas Z, Pajic-Eggspuehler B. First experience with the new high-frequency femtosecond laser system (LDV Z8) for cataract surgery. Clin Ophthalmol. 2014;8:2485. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S72983
   Google Scholar
• Palanker DV, Blumenkranz MS, Andersen D, et al. Femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery with integrated optical coherence tomography. Sci Transl Med. 2010;2(58):58ra85. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001305.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lubahn JG, Kankariya VP, Yoo SH. Grid pattern delivered to the cornea during femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014;40(3):496–497. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.12.001.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen CC, Sundar G. Inadvertent corneal laser application in femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery. JCRS Online Case Rep. 2016;4(3):45–48. doi: 10.1016/j.jcro.2016.04.001.
   Google Scholar
• Schultz T, Dick HB. Suction loss during femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014;40(3):493–495. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.12.004.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manning S, Barry P, Henry Y, et al. Femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery versus standard phacoemulsification cataract surgery: study from the European Registry of Quality Outcomes for Cataract and Refractive Surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2016;42(12):1779–1790. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.10.013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Popovic M, Campos-Möller X, Schlenker MB, Ahmed II. Efficacy and safety of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery compared with manual cataract surgery: a meta-analysis of 14 567 eyes. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(10):2113–2126. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.07.005.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roberts HW, Day AC, O’Brart DP. Femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery: a review. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020;30(3):417–429. doi: 10.1177/1120672119893291
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar