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The development of femtosecond (FS) lasers in ophthalmology has been reviewed elsewhere (Chaps. 3 and 4). Their widespread application in corneal refractive surgery is one of the factors that led to an overall improvement in the clinical results of LASIK during the decade from 1995 to 2005, when rates of postoperative 20/20 UCVA increased from approximately 50–60 % to nearly 90 %. Similar to early stage corneal refractive surgery, rates of postoperative 20/20 UCVA in refractive cataract surgery currently stand at around 50–60 %, affecting both distance and near corrections [1–3].
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Nagy, Z.Z. (2013). Commercially Available Systems: Alcon/LenSx. In: Krueger, R., Talamo, J., Lindstrom, R. (eds) Textbook of Refractive Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (ReLACS). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1010-2_15
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