Open AccessLearning curve of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: Experience of surgeons new to femtosecond laser platform
Author(s) -
Josephine S Christy,
Manas Nath,
Fredrick Mouttapa,
Rengaraj Venkatesh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_258_17
Subject(s) - medicine , phacoemulsification , cataract surgery , ophthalmology , interquartile range , capsulorhexis , femtosecond , surgery , quartile , prospective cohort study , optometry , laser , visual acuity , optics , confidence interval , physics
The purpose of this study is to assess the learning curve in the initial 100 cases of cataract surgery performed using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) by experienced cataract surgeons without prior experience in femtosecond laser platform.