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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr;22(2):148-149.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2017.10.011. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in pediatric patients

Claudia Corredor-Ortega  1 , Roberto Gonzalez-Salinas  2 , María José Montero  1 , Rocío González-Flores  1 , Allan Collura-Merlier  1 , Guadalupe Cervantes-Coste  1 , Erick Mendoza-Schuster  1 , Cecilio Velasco-Barona  1
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Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in pediatric patients

Claudia Corredor-Ortega et al. J AAPOS. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Pediatric cataract surgery poses a significant challenge for the cataract surgeon, in part because an elastic anterior capsule can make capsulorhexis difficult. With the use of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS), however, the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis can be made with predictable size, circular shape, centration, and accuracy. In addition, topical anesthesia can be used for the FLACS docking procedure in cooperative children above 6 years of age, using transparent adhesive polyurethane film segments.

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