3-D Imaging Guides Femtosecond Laser in Cataracts Removal (9 of 10) (VIDEO)

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This video focuses on laser capsulotomy and removal of the capsular disk, narrated by Nadia Ramlagan of the Science Press Package Team. This video shows a portion of a surgical procedure. This video relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 17, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Daniel V. Palanker of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues, was titled, "Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery."

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Video files courtesy of OptiMedica

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