Femtosecond laser-assisted  cataract surgery compared with phacoemulsification: the FACT  non-inferiority RCT

Day, Alexander C; Burr, Jennifer M; Bennett, Kate; Hunter, Rachael; Bunce, Catey; Doré, Caroline J; Nanavaty, Mayank A; Balaggan, Kamaljit S; Wilkins, Mark R

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At 3 months' follow-up the trial found that femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery was not inferior to phacoemulsification in terms of uncorrected distance visual acuity.

Alexander C Day , Jennifer M Burr , Kate Bennett , Rachael Hunter , Catey Bunce , Caroline J Doré , Mayank A Nanavaty , Kamaljit S Balaggan & Mark R Wilkins .

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Alexander C Day ^1,^2,^3,^*, Jennifer M Burr ⁴, Kate Bennett ⁵, Rachael Hunter ⁵, Catey Bunce ⁶, Caroline J Doré ⁵, Mayank A Nanavaty ⁷, Kamaljit S Balaggan ⁸, Mark R Wilkins ^1,²

¹ The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
² Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
³ University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
⁴ School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
⁵ UCL Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit (CCTU), London, UK
⁶ Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
⁷ Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
⁸ Wolverhampton and Midlands Eye Infirmary, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: info@alexday.co.uk

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