Posters

Femtosecond laser in the cataract fellowship

Poster Details

First Author: F.Branco BRAZIL

Co Author(s):    L. Gouvêa   F. Erthal   R. Omoto   E. da Silva   H. Moreira        

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To analyze the intraoperative management of cataract surgeries assisted by femtosecond laser performed by young surgeons.

Setting:

Hospital de Olhos do Paraná (HOPR), Curitiba/PR, Brazil.

Methods:

A prospective, analytical and non-randomized study of 31 cataract surgeries assisted by femtosecond laser performed by 3 surgeons with no experience with the platform, belonging to the fellowship program of the HOPR between August and September of 2018. The following variables were analyzed: time of docking and phacoemulsification, difficulties during the laser and phacoemulsification procedures and intraoperative complications.

Results:

The average age was 62.8±8.5 years. The laser application was successful in all its steps in 93.55% of the cases: laser capsulotomy was incomplete in 2 eyes (6.45%). The docking average time was 2.51±0.46 minutes and a mild to moderate eye tilt occurred in 58.06% of the cases. The average time of phacoemulsification was 28.0±7.89 minutes; the mean CDE was 3.32±2.72. The main difficulties found during the phacoemulsification were the opening of the corneal incisions (n=9) and the aspiration of sub-incisional cortex (n=8). Rupture of the posterior capsule was not observed in any of the cases.

Conclusions:

The rate of surgical complications was low, possibly related to the orientation and monitoring of an experienced professor during the entire procedure.

Financial Disclosure:

None