Effectiveness and safety of femtosecond laser–assisted lens fragmentation and anterior capsulotomy versus the manual technique in cataract surgery

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cataract surgery using femtosecond laser–assisted lens fragmentation and anterior capsulotomy versus manual cataract surgery. Setting MaxiVision Eye Hospital, Begumpet, Hyderabad, India. Design Randomized controlled open-label multisurgeon prospective trial. Methods Patients (at least 18 years old) were randomized to femtosecond laser–assisted lens prefragmentation and capsulotomy or manual...