Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38089506›Full record

ArticleTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Femtosecond laser-assisted posterior capsulotomy for the treatment of capsular block syndrome.

Xian Hui Lim, Moushmi Patil, Jodhbir S Mehta

Open access · diamondAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xian Hui LimSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.
Moushmi PatilPramukhswami Eye Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Jodhbir S MehtaSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School · SGPramukhswami Medical College · INSingapore National Eye Center · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a novel use of femtosecond laser to treat capsular block syndrome (CBS) in a patient with dense opaque capsular block, who presented 16 years postcataract surgery. The extensive posterior capsular distension and densely opaque, milky fluid trapped behind the intraocular lens (IOL) prevented the use of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) laser posterior capsulotomy as primary treatment. Intra-operative optical coherence tomography enabled visualization of the posterior capsule and iris hooks were used to increase the pupillary diameter to enable femtosecond laser-assisted posterior capsulotomy to be performed in a minimally invasive technique. CBS was relieved successfully and Nd: YAG laser performed subsequently to remove residual posterior capsule opacification safely and with good visual outcomes. This method avoids risks associated with posterior vitrectomies and compromised IOL stability from inadvertent capsular bag damage, and adds to the expanding uses of femtosecond laser technology.

Indexed as

Capsular block syndromefemtosecond laserposterior capsule opacificationposterior capsulotomy

Identifiers

PMID38089506
PMCPMC10712758
OpenAlexW4386517937

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.