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C
ataract surgeons are naturally
drawn to the allure of using fem-
tosecond laser technology to pul-
verize clouded lenses and make
precise cuts in the anterior lens
capsule, and most of their patients want to be oper-
ated on with the latest and greatest technology. Is it
any wonder that eye centers are sinking hundreds of
thousands of dollars into laser platforms that keep
Is it Time to
Add Laser
Cataracts?
Bladeless surgery
shows plenty of
promise, but it might
be years before the
technology reaches
its true potential.
Daniel Cook
Executive Editor
• DIALING BACK Dr. Hunter Newsom has limited the use
of his laser and now sells his patients on refractice results.
Newsom
Eye
&
Laser
Center
