Laser Phaco Cataract Surgery
by UV Andreev, VG Kopaeva

Jaypee’s Video Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery (Vol. 1)

by Ashok Garg
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This video describes the laser cataract surgery unit (RAKOT) developed at the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex (Russia) The unit utilizes the 1.44 mm YAG laser that delivers the energy through the flexible fiberoptic and irrigation-aspiration device. Technique of the surgery is bi-manual. A thin silicone shield is fixed to the irrigation aspiration tip protecting the cornea during initial steps of surgery and preventing aspiration of the posterior capsule at the final phase of nucleus removal.

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