AquaLase: A new technology for cataract extraction

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-43

  Mackool, Richard J ^a   Brint, Stephen F ^b  

^a Mackool Eye Institute   (United States)

^b Brint Vision   (United States)

Author keywords

AquaLase; Bimanual phacoemulsification; Incision burn; Laser phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

BURN; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCISION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; LIQUEFACTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RUPTURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL WOUND;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS;

EID: 1342347697     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200402000-00008     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Gimbel HV, Sofinski SJ, Kurteeva K, Rauser M: AdvanTec Legacy System and the NeoSoniX handpiece. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2003, 14:31-34. This paper describes the conventional ultrasound phacoemulsification options that continue to be available on the Alcon Infiniti Vision System surgical console, which now includes the AquaLase modality.
2. Sippel KC, Pineda R Jr: Phacoemulsification and thermal wound injury. Semin Ophthalmol 2002, 17:102-109.
3. Bissen-Miyajima H, Shimmura S, Tsubota K: Thermal effect on corneal incisions with different phacoemulsification ultrasonic tips. J Cataract Refract Surg 1999, 25:60-64. Laboratory evaluations of the thermal effects of phacoemulsification tips are difficult to find in the published literature, and the design of this study closely approximates the surgical conditions under which wound burn is likely to occur.
4. Soscia W, Howard JG, Olson RJ: Bimanual phacoemulsification through 2 stab incisions: A wound-temperature study. J Cataract Refract Surg 2002, 28:1039-1043.
5. Soscia W, Howard JG, Olson RJ: Microphacoemulsification with WhiteStar: A wound-temperature study. J Cataract Refract Surg 2002, 28:1044-1046.
6. Mackool RJ: Incision burns. J Cataract Refract Surg 2003, 29:233-235. The conclusions of Soscia et al. [4,5] in their two papers should be considered in light of this author's critique of their study design.
7. Fine IH, Packer M, Hoffman RS: New phacoemulsification technologies. J Cataract Refract Surg 2002, 28:1054-1060. This paper presents key information unavailable elsewhere in the published literature so that the reader can compare ultrasound-and laser-based phacoemulsification technologies in terms of efficiency of lens extraction.
8. Mackool RJ: Capacity of new phacoemulsification system to provide ultrahigh vacuum, shortened vacuum rise time, and microburst ultrasound delivery. Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, April 13, 2003, San Francisco, California, USA.