Evaluating Visual Acuity, Keratometric Data, and Refractive Parameters in 52 Patients With Femto-Assisted Cataract Surgery in Brazil

Boianovsky, Celso

Evaluating Visual Acuity, Keratometric Data, and Refractive Parameters in 52 Patients With Femto-Assisted Cataract Surgery in Brazil

Saturday, April 26, 2014: 4:10 PM

Room 151B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Celso Boianovsky, MD, Brasilia Vision Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil

Francisco S. Soares, MD, Gran Clinic, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jonathan C. Lake, MD, Brasilia Vision Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil

Alfredo Tranjan, MD, Tranjan Hospital de Olhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fabio H. Casanova, MD, PhD, Memorial Oftalmo - Recife Eye Center, Recife, PE, Brazil

Narrative Responses:

Purpose
To compare mean visual acuity, keratometric readings, and refraction before and after the first 50 cases of femtosecond assisted phacoemulsification of 3 cataract centers in Brazil.

Methods
Retrospective review of medical charts. The charts of 52 patients (88 eyes) with cataract that underwent femtosecond assisted phacoemulsification were retrospectively reviewed from June 2013 to August 2013 in three Ocular Surgery Centers in Brazil. The data reviewed preoperative and postoperative visual acuity, refraction and keratometric readings.

Results
Uncorrected visual acuity presented a significant improvement (P<0,01) after femtosecond assisted phacoemulsification. Keratometric astigmatism did not change significantly after surgery. However, postoperative spherical equivalent, and spherical diopters were significantly reduced after surgery. Incomplete incisions were observed in 0.25% of the cases, incomplete capsulorhexis was observed in 2.5% of the cases. Conjunctival hemorhage was observed in 60% of the cases.

Conclusion
The retrospective review of 52 patients with cataract that were treated with femtosecond assisted phacoemulsification showed significant improvement of visual acuity and low rates of complications.