Preliminary results of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in a private clinic in Iran

Purpose: to report the preliminary results of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in iranian patients. methods: this prospective case series included 21 eyes of 21 patients with cataract. mean patient age was 66.7 ± 10 years. the patients underwent femtosecond-laser assisted cataract surgery (victus femtosecond laser platform: bausch + lomb) and intraocular lens (iol) implementation in bina eye hospital,tehran,iran between may and october,2014. visual outcomes,intraocular pressure (iop),and complications were evaluated three months after surgery. results: mean preoperative best-spectacle corrected visual acuity (bscva) was 0.40 ± 0.21 logmar which significantly improved to 0.02 ± 0.03 logmar three months postoperatively (p < 0.001). mean preoperative iop was 17.88 ± 2.70 mmhg which significantly decreased to 12.5 ± 1.51 mmhg three months after operation (p < 0.001). mean duration of operation for these patients was 29.30 ± 8 minutes and mean femtosecond laser process time was 4.20 ± 2 minutes. in terms of complications,9 patients developed fine subconjunctival hemorrhage and eye redness and 2 patients had mild corneal edema which all subsided within less than 7 days. serious complications such as anterior or posterior capsule tears were not encountered. conclusion: femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery is a relatively new method of cataract surgery. our preliminary results indicate an acceptable visual outcome with no serious complications. however,this technique is lengthier and more expensive than conventional phacoemulsification.