Surgical efficiency in femtosecond laser cataract surgery compared with phacoemulsification cataract surgery: a case–control study

Author:

Day Alexander CORCID,Smith Phillip R,Tang Hongying Lilian,Aiello Francesco,Hussain Badrul,Maurino Vincenzo,Marshall JohnORCID,Saleh George M

Abstract

ObjectivesTo investigate differences in surgical time, the distance the surgical instrument travelled and number of movements required to complete manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery versus femtosecond laser cataract surgery.DesignNon-randomised comparative case series.SettingSingle surgery site, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK.Participants40 cataract surgeries of 40 patients.InterventionsLaser-assisted and manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Laser-assisted surgery cases were performed using the AMO Catalys platform.Primary and secondary outcome measuresComputer vision tracking software PhacoTracking were applied to the recordings to establish the distance the instrument travelled, total number of movements (the number of times an instrument stops and starts moving) and time taken for surgery steps including phacoemulsification, irrigation–aspiration (IA) and overall surgery time. The time taken for laser docking and delivery was not included in the analyses.ResultsData on 19 laser-assisted and 19 manual phacoemulsification surgeries were analysed (two cases were excluded due to insufficient video-recording quality). There were no differences in the number of instrument moves, the distance the instrument travelled or time taken to complete the phacoemulsification stage. However for IA, the number of instrument moves (manual: mean 20 (SD 15) vs laser: mean 38 (SD 22), P=0.008) and time taken (manual: mean 75 s (SD 24) vs laser: mean 108 s (SD 36), P=0.003) were significantly greater for laser cases. For laser versus manual cases overall, there was no difference in number of moves or the distance the instrument travelled, but laser cases took longer (mean 88 s, P=0.049).ConclusionsLaser cataract surgery cases took longer to complete without accounting for the time taken to complete the laser procedure itself. This appears to be in part due to IA requiring more instrument manoeuvres and taking longer to complete. Data from a large randomised series would better elucidate this relationship.

Funder

Moorfields Eye Charity

Publisher

BMJ

Subject

General Medicine

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