Posters

Femtosecond laser-assisted vs conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery: Cochrane review update

Poster Details

First Author: A.Narayan UK

Co Author(s):    A. Day   D. Gore   C. Bunce   D. O'Brart   J. Evans        

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To compare the effectiveness of femtosecond laser‐assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) with conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS) by gathering evidence on safety from randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Setting:

Systematic review, update of previous Cochrane review of FLACS vs PCS.

Methods:

We searched CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Trials Register), Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE In‐Process and Other Non‐Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE Daily, Ovid OLDMEDLINE, EMBASE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature Database (LILACS), the ISRCTN registry (www.isrctn.com/editAdvancedSearch), ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov), the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (www.who.int/ictrp/search/en) and the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) website (www.fda.gov). We included randomised controlled trials where laser‐assisted cataract surgery was compared to standard ultrasound phacoemulsification cataract surgery. We graded the certainty of the evidence using GRADE.

Results:

The results are pending analysis that is in progress now large RCTs including the St Thomas' study, FEMCAT and FACT have been published.

Conclusions:

The conclusions will be presented pending analysis completion (see above).

Financial Disclosure:

None